FOR A REPORT ON FRESHMAN COMPOSITION PROGRAMS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH OBTAINED SYLLABI AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AT 66 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AMONG THE DATA ASSEMBELED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 190) ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS, CONTAINED HERE, OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAMS AT 14 TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. ONE-SEMESTER COMPOSITION COURSES AT CAZENOVIA AND GRAND VIEW COLLEGES AND THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSTION COURSES AT BECKLEY AND AMARILLO COLLEGES ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. ALSO OUTLINED ARE THE VARIOUS INTRODUCTORY COMPOSITION COURSES GIVEN AT PORTLAND COMMUNITY, MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY, JEFFERSON COMMUNITY, AND AT JUNIOR COLLEGE OF ALBANY. A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE FRESHMAN PROGRAM AT MIANI-DADE JUNIOR COLLEGE, WHERE AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE USING PROGRAMED TEXTS AND A SPECIAL REMEDIAL COURSE USING FILMS AND RECORDS ARE OFFERED. ALSO DESCRIBED IN DETAIL ARE (1) THREE ENGLISH COURSES AT BAKERSFIELD JUNIOR COLLEGE AND THE COUNSELOR'S GUIDES USED IN ASSIGNING STUDENTS TO THESE COURSES, (2) HANDBOOK ON THE TRANSFER AND TERMINAL PROGRAMS AT LAKEWOOD STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE, (3) THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSITION COURSE AT CALIFORNIA CONCORDIA, (4) INTRODUCTORY COURSES IN COMPOSITION, LITERATURE, AND CREATIVE WRITING AT COLBY COMMUNITY, AND (5) A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SYLLABUS FOR THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSITION COURSE AT HARCUM JUNIOR COLLEGE. (BN)