The ability to express ideas clearly and effectively in writing is essential to success as a student and citizen. Students learn and practice these skills throughout their academic career at Purchase College, beginning with College Writing. This is an intensive course that teaches students to:

1. produce strong written work at the college level
2. read and think critically
3. take a position and develop an argument of their own
4. research a topic and write a well-organized paper that develops their claims in dialogue with the sources
5. revise and improve their papers
6. present their ideas orally