First-year writing courses see change in requirement in addition to new, reworked classes

A bulletin board compiled of scrapped newspapers on the wall in the English and Creative Writing Department on the fifth floor of the 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive building on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. “Foundations of 21st Century Writing” is now the only required English course for first-year students. In previous years, both “Writing and Rhetoric I” and “Writing and Rhetoric II” were required core classes for students. Now, just one class is required under the revised core , which reduces the number of general electives students have to take from 42 to 30. Columbia has reevaluated the need of students to have particular kinds of writing instruction,” said Brendan Riley, an associate professor who will teach the new course and is coordinator of first-year writing. However, because different students in different programs need different kinds of writing instruction, the “Writing and Rhetoric II” course, now called “21st Century Writing in Creative Disciplines,” “isn’t as necessary as it used to be” for some students, he said. Riley believes that the change in requirement would benefit students due to the flexibility that the Columbia core committee has given with the idea of “student ownership of their education.” “Students can decide how much writing instruction they need or want and it can fit the individual student in line with whatever else they’re pursuing,” he said. Sincere Townsend, a senior graphic design major who had taken both “Writing and Rhetoric I” and “Writing and Rhetoric II” said, “I feel like it could be more efficient because taking two writing classes can be overwhelming to some people, so I think that it could be beneficial for those that are trying to get past the hump without going through another year or semester.” “Writing and Rhetoric I,” listed as ENGL 111, has been changed to “Foundations of 21st Century Writing,” and “Writing and Rhetoric II,” listed as ENGL 112, is now “21st Century Writing in Creative Disciplines.” Riley said that there are some differences between “Writing and Rhetoric I” and “Foundations of 21st Century Writing.” These changes include: A revised version of the […]

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