English Composition vs Technical Writing: which counts for your English?

Only if your college says so. NCCRS recommends English Composition 1 (ENG 101) in English Composition or College Composition. It recommends Advanced Technical Writing (English 120) in Technical Writing, Business, Communications or Applied Learning, and ACE recommends Advanced Technical Writing in Technical Writing. For a composition requirement, English Composition 1 is the match; your college decides where Technical Writing counts.

Advanced Technical Writing: ACE recommends 3 semester hours in Technical Writing (ACE ID UPIS-0014), and NCCRS recommends 3 as well. English Composition 1 carries an NCCRS recommendation only.

English Composition 2 (ENG 102). Its syllabus lists English Composition I (ENG 101) or equivalent as the prerequisite, taken before or at the same time. See American Literature vs English Composition 2.

English Composition 1 (ENG 101) teaches college writing: rhetoric, narrative and argument essays, research, MLA and APA citation, grammar and digital writing. Advanced Technical Writing (English 120) teaches technical and workplace writing: ethics, business documents, emails, instructions, reports, résumés, proposals and grammar.

English Composition 1: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in English Composition among other subjects. Advanced Technical Writing: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Technical Writing among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0014).

English Composition 1: English Composition or College Composition. Advanced Technical Writing: Technical Writing, Business, Communications or Applied Learning. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

English Composition 1 is longer by its syllabus. English Composition 1: 10 chapters and 73 instructional hours. Advanced Technical Writing: 12 chapters and 56 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

None: both syllabi leave the prerequisite line empty, so you can begin with Advanced Technical Writing or take them side by side.

English Composition 1: 100 multiple-choice questions, 25% of the grade. Advanced Technical Writing: 100 multiple-choice, plus a separate 3-question writing assessment questions, 50% of the grade.

English Composition 1: Miller-Davis, Kimberly. English Composition I. San Jacinto College. Creative Commons Attribution License, with other references. Advanced Technical Writing: Kinonen, Amber. ENGL 145: Technical & Report Writing. 1st ed., Bay College, Designed by Bay College Online Learning Department, Creative Commons License, with other references.

You never forward it yourself. When English Composition 1 reaches 100%, pay the $20 transcript on your Student Dashboard (www.upistudy.com/enrollments); after you pay, the dashboard takes you to the transcript request, you type in your college's transcript address, and UPI Study's registrar emails it there; a confirmation email follows.

A pass is 70 or more. The grading scale on your UPI Study transcript shows how 70 maps to a letter grade; for most colleges it is a C.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses ENG 101 and English 120 would count as. For the registrar: English Composition 1's NCCRS recommendation lists English Composition and Advanced Technical Writing's NCCRS recommendation lists Technical Writing.