English Department Placement Criteria and Appeal Process
All incoming students will be “evaluated” for English placement for the following:
- Composition Placement in EN 111 or EN 090
- Support Course Recommendations for EN 101 and EN 102.
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EN 111 College Composition
Students who have a 2.0
recalculated HS GPA or higher OR are Transfer Students
may enroll in EN 111.
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These students will be able to sign up for EN 111 on their own when they register.
EN 090 Basic Composition
Students who have less than a 2.0
OR are missing HS GPA data will not be able to
enroll in EN 111 and will be REQUIRED to take EN 090.
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Students will be allowed to appeal this decision.
EN 101 Learning Skills Development and EN 102 Personal Reading Improvement
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If students have an ACT English score < 18, they would be recommended to
take EN 101 Learning Skills Development.
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If students have an ACT Reading score of < 18, they would be recommended to
take EN 102 Personal Reading Improvement.
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If students are missing an ACT English or ACT Reading score, the equation
would take ACT composite.
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If the ACT Composite score is < 19, students will be recommended to take
EN 101 and EN 102.
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If the ACT Composite score is missing, students will be recommended to take
EN 101 and EN 102.
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EN 090
Appeal Process
Deadlines
| 1st Semester Freshman, Fall | Before orientation (at least 2 weeks if possible) |
| 2nd Semester Freshman, Winter | October 1st |
| 1st Semester Freshman, Winter | January 10th |
Students wishing to appeal their placement can go to the following link and take an online Writing Test.
- Students will have three
writing prompts from a rotating list of potential writing topics and
will have up to two hours to complete the test.
- An e-mail will be sent from the English Department to let students know if their appeal was approved or denied.