First-Year Writing FYP 1003/1004 is a year-long sequence that will provide thorough instruction in composition in order to enable students to develop the writing skills necessary to meet the demands of college-level study.  The course will include an intesive review of grammar, style, and structure, and it will examine strategies for written analysis, persuasion, and argumentation.  Instruction will emphasize revising, editing, and drafting.  In direct coordination with the First-Year Seminar, students will be encouraged to recognize the connection between critical thinking and successful academic writing

Here is a skeletal schedule of the Freshman Writing curriculum for Fall, 2009 distributed by Andrew Bodenrader, Director of Academic Writing and Composition. 

All students must earn a grade of C- or higher in First-Year Writing.

In addition, students must earn a grade of C- or higher in a course carrying the Written Communication designation.

The Academic Writing and Composition Program offers one Written Communication course: Critical Research and Composition ENC 2000.

Critical Research and Composition ENC 2000 provides intensive instruction in elements of research, persuasion and advanced composition.  The course covers analysis of primary and secondary sources, methods of citation, techniques for analysis and argumentation, and approaches to the construction of the bibliographic essay.  This course is offered in conjunction with LIS 2000.

Here is a rubric for use with Manhattanville courses.