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First Year English

Whether you are a UMass Dartmouth student, a prospective student, or a First-year English (FYE) instructor, you will find this site useful as you prepare for your classes. As you browse through this page and its related links, you will discover detailed information about:

Program objectives
Course descriptions for ENL 101 and ENL 102
Course objectives for ENL 101 and ENL 102
Placement procedures

A UMD undergraduate crafting a piece of writing.

As all of us — students and instructors alike — work together to make writing the core of critical thinking and reading at UMass Dartmouth, we trust the information you find here will help us meet that goal. Please feel free to tour the site: scroll down the page, click on the links, and make yourselves at home. We want the site not only to be useful, but also to play an instrumental role in enhancing the quality of writing, thinking, and instruction at UMass Dartmouth.

Contact Info:

Main Office — Group 1, Room 341; Phone: 508-999-8274; Fax: 508-999-9235
Catherine Houser — Chairperson; Group 1, Room 340; Phone: 508-999-8288; chouser@umassd.edu
Jerry Blitefield — Director of Graduate Programs; Group 1, Room 306; Phone: 508-910-6601; jblitefield@umassd.edu
Adam Cohen — Student Advisement, Group I, Room 326; Phone: 508-910-6523; acohen@umassd.edu
Stan Harrison — Associate Director of Graduate Programs; Group 1, Room 345A; Phone: 508-910-6467; sharrison@umassd.edu
William Nelles — Director of the MAT Program in English, Group I, Room 324; wnelles@umassd.edu
Patricia White — FYE Program Administrator, Group I, Room 1-305B; Phone: 508-999-8291; pwhite@umassd.edu

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