Composition 3 is a third-year required course. As this course is part of the Comp/Oral series, its main aim is to give final shape and polish the skills of the students in writing. Students are taught to write academic essays in various rhetorical styles including essays about literature. Students also have to be able to formulate and pursue intellectual and professional goals. The course will help increase the mental flexibility of the students and they are required to write a research paper on an independently researched topic. This course is taught together with Oral Training 3.

By the end of the course, students should be able to a) conduct their own academic research on a topic of their choosing, b) present the academic research and argument with accurate MLA citations, c) complete response papers analyzing literary works with sound logic, and d) avoid any form of plagiarism.

1. Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
2. Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Amistad, 2006.
3. Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. Modern Language Association, 2009.