2018

Basic Writing Skills

You may fulfill the Basic Writing requirement in one of the following ways:

  1. Completing CAS 100: Interdisciplinary writing course, topics vary
  2. Completing WRT 105: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing
  3. Completing WRT 109: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing (Honors)
  4. Scoring 3 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Language and Composition examination.
  5. Scoring 4 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition examination.
  6. Transferring credit for a comparable course from another college or university.

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Special Note to International Students: If English is not your native language, when you arrive on campus, you will be placed in an English course after you have taken the English Language Proficiency Examination. Depending upon your placement, you may fulfill the Basic Skills Writing requirement by completing ENL 213: Advanced Academic Writing and Research for Non-native Speakers of English or by completing CAS 100 or WRT 105. You may have to complete one or more ENL courses before taking ENL 213, depending upon your English proficiency.

You may fulfill the Basic Writing requirement in one of the following ways:

  1. Completing CAS 100: Interdisciplinary writing course, topics vary
  2. Completing WRT 105: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing
  3. Completing WRT 109: Studio I: Practices of Academic Writing (Honors)
  4. Scoring 4 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Language and Composition examination.
  5. Scoring 4 or higher on the C.E.E.B. Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition examination.
  6. Transferring credit for a comparable course from another college or university.

See Transfer Credit Guidelines>>

Special Note to International Students: If English is not your native language, when you arrive on campus, you will be placed in an English course after you have taken the English Language Proficiency Examination. Depending upon your placement, you may fulfill the Basic Skills Writing requirement by completing ENL 213: Advanced Academic Writing and Research for Non-native Speakers of English or by completing CAS 100 or WRT 105. You may have to complete one or more ENL courses before taking ENL 213, depending upon your English proficiency.