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Composition Program
Mission: The Composition Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston supports students of diverse linguistic backgrounds in their development as writers and critical thinkers across disciplinary, professional, cultural, and community contexts. Our work is founded on the knowledge that writing is a social and rhetorical activity learned over a lifespan.
Our two-course sequence, English 101 and English 102, meets the UMass Boston General Education Verbal Reasoning and Expression requirement by helping students learn how to observe and adapt to new writing contexts by knowledge and practices in four key areas: rhetorical knowledge; critical thinking, reading and composing; knowledge of composing processes; and reflective awareness.
Ten key concepts in writing and rhetoric make up the core content of English 101 and English 102:

