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Contacts

The Main Campus office of the First-Year Writing Program is room 1046 of Anderson Hall, which is between 11th and 12th Streets, above Montgomery Avenue.

English 0701 and English 0802 and the ESL equivalents form a year-long sequence designed to introduce students to academic discourse. Entering first-year students are either placed into the 0701/0802 sequence, placed only in 0802, or exempted from first-year writing courses entirely. Placement is based on a formula which takes into account the results of a placement essay, DTLS reading and writing scores, high school rank, and the SAT verbal score. Details of the placement test can be found here.

The placement test coordinator for English is Dr. Christine Palumbo-DeSimone.

For frequently asked questions as we move to the General Education Program in the fall of 2008, click here.

The Temple Writing Academy gives Philadelphia high school students in grades 10-12 the experience of taking creative and challenging writing workshops.

You can find out more about this venture by clicking here

If you have any questions about the First-Year Writing Program, we invite you to stop by the office or contact us.

You can link to the University Writing Center by clicking here

Staff

Susan Wells,
Director
(215) 204-1820

Rachael Groner,
Associate Director
(215) 204-2212

J. Derrick Johnson,
Secretary
(215) 204-7565

Elizabeth Allan,
Composition Assistant
(215) 204-1566

First Year Writing Program © Temple University2007
10th Floor Anderson Hall, 1114 West Berks Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122-6090
FYWP@temple.edu