English composition course

University of Texas officials have derailed plans to focus a first-year English composition course on civil rights and affirmative-action court cases.

Bronx and La Guardia reported that students could pass a college-devised writing test as a prerequisite for entry into the English composition course required for graduation.

Students in the program begin Fall Quarter with two required Academy courses specially designed for Academy students: an English composition course and a linked seminar.

Rebecca did well enough in school testing that she was allowed to skip over the first two English composition courses and take Literary Masterpieces - a higher level course - in her first semester.