English

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Educational and career success depends on clarity of written expression, the ability to analyze texts and strong research skills.  English Department faculty encourage and support students in their efforts to develop and refine these abilities. We offer a variety of courses to challenge and stimulate students at all levels.

Assessing Student Writing Skills

The typical Massasoit graduate completes at least six credits in English, as described in the Core Curriculum. Assessment in writing is part of the orientation process for many new students, and these assessments assist in placing students into the courses that are appropriate to their skills.  Students most commonly place by WritePlacer assessment, high school GPA, or Directed Self-Placement.  There are also other ways to place such as CLEP exam, AP exam, ACT scores, or SAT scores. For more information on placement scores and what they mean, View our Testing Scores and Placement page.

• Students whose writing is assessed (by WritePlacer or high school GPA) as ‘college-ready’ will be placed into Composition I.
• For students whose writing assessment (by WritePlacer or high school GPA) indicates that the student needs additional support in reading and writing will be placed into Comp I Studio.
• Students placing by Directed Self-Placement will have a chance to learn more about Composition I as a stand-alone course and the Comp I Studio pairing (Composition I with a support course called Reading and Writing Studio).  Then, they will take a survey to determine which course best suits them and their reading/writing skills.

Once assessment is complete, students will choose courses based on assessment results. View our course choices.