A necessary prerequisite for studying the human world is an ability to communicate in it. Therefore, it is essential that students become proficient in their reading, writing, and speaking. Accordingly, we define a composition requirement as an introductory college writing class, focusing on grammar, style, clarity, and argument. Writing-intensive courses or seminars and writing for a discipline where the instructors are not from the English or composition department do not count if they are the only component of a writing requirement. Remedial courses and SAT scores may not be used to satisfy a composition requirement.
- Arizona State University
- Auburn University
- Barnard College
- Baylor University
- Bluffton University
- Carleton College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Chicago State University
- City University of New York - Brooklyn College
- City University of New York - Hunter College
- Claremont McKenna College
- Clemson University
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Denison University
- Duke University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Emory University
- Florida State University
- Georgia State University
- Grambling State University
- Harvard University
- Howard University
- Illinois State University
- Indiana University - Bloomington
- Iowa State University
- Kansas State University
- Louisiana State University
- McNeese State University
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi State University
- New Mexico State University
- North Carolina State University
- North Dakota State University
- Northern Illinois University
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Oklahoma State University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University - New Brunswick
- Rutgers University - Newark
- Smith College
- Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
- Southern University - New Orleans
- Stanford University
- State University of New York - Buffalo
- State University of New York - Stony Brook
- Stetson University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- United States Military Academy
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Alabama
- University of Alaska - Fairbanks
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
- University of California - Berkeley
- University of California - Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado - Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Hawaii - Manoa
- University of Illinois - Chicago
- University of Illinois - Springfield
- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisiana
- University of Maine
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Mississippi
- University of Missouri
- University of Montana
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- University of Nevada - Las Vegas
- University of New Hampshire
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- University of North Dakota
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Rhode Island
- University of South Carolina
- University of South Dakota
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas - Austin
- University of Texas - Dallas
- University of Utah
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wyoming
- Utah State University
- Virginia Tech
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- West Virginia University
- Western Illinois University
Schools With Composition Requirement
- Amherst College
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Colgate University
- College of William and Mary
- Cornell University
- Davidson College
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton College
- Haverford College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Middlebury College
- Montana State University
- Mount Holyoke College
- Northwestern University
- Oberlin College
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pomona College
- Rice University
- Swarthmore College
- University of Idaho
- University of Mary Washington
- University of New Mexico
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
- Yale University