First-Year Writing Program
Mission Statement
The University of Alabama’s First-Year Writing (FYW) program will develop deliberate, innovative, and versatile student writers; provide FYW instructors with ongoing opportunities for professional growth; collaborate with faculty outside the FYW program to build writing instruction into their courses; and contribute to research on the teaching and assessment of composition.
![students reading drafts in class](https://fwp.english.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/IMG_6967-2-650x420.jpg)