Department of EnglishFirst-Year Writing

Welcome to English 1301 and 1302 at Texas Tech University! Students at TTU take English 1301 and 1302 as part of their Core Curriculum (meeting the Written Communication component).

English 1301: Introduction to College Rhetoric grounds first-year students in the reading, writing, and rhetorical demands and practices necessary for engaging in civic discourse and for success in college and beyond. This class teaches students to be both critical readers of complex texts and critical writers and creators of effective texts by introducing students to critical reading practices, writing processes, rhetorical analysis, inquiry, and multimodal composing.

English 1302: Advanced College Rhetoric builds on these skills by focusing particularly on inquiry, conducting research, evaluating sources, incorporating source material in your own writing, mapping out a conversation around an issue, and entering that conversation through your own writing.