This course focuses on preparing students for academic listening and speaking tasks and improving conversational English. Students will improve their ability to maintain and repair conversations. Students will give formal presentations to practice extensive speaking and clear communication, including pronunciation. Students will listen to a variety of short lectures on topics of academic and personal interest to improve comprehension of main ideas and supporting details and learn common features of oral presentations. Students must earn or C or above to pass the course.

This course develops basic speaking and listening skills that students need for daily life and in academic settings. Students will learn conversational skills related to asking and answering simple questions and using collocations. Students will complete formal and informal speaking and listening tasks to improve comprehension, increase fluency, and improve pronunciation. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 31 or below on placement exam.

Designed specifically for international students, this course serves as an introduction to American college/university academic expectations. It explores skills and strategies to be a successful student in an American university classroom.

This class will improve students ability to read more complex short texts and a short novel. Students will improve their understanding of high-frequency vocabulary and common text structures. Students will be able to identify main ideas, supporting details, and commonalities developed across different texts and be able to discuss these ideas in writing and speaking. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 32-40 on placement exam or grade of C or above in ESLP-103.

Students will read a variety of short texts about areas of personal and social interest. They will make connections between different texts with comparable topics and be able to identify main ideas and important details in simple texts. They will begin making predictions and summarizing what they read to demonstrate comprehension. Students will increase their knowledge about the vocabulary, structures, and writing conventions of different descriptive and narrative texts. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 31 or below on placement exam.

Develops advanced writing skills. Intensive practice developing ability to write research and essays employing academic conventions. Prerequisite: grade of B or higher in 101.

This course develops students writing ability from the paragraph level to the short-essay level. Students will learn short essay structure and organization to write short compositions on topic of personal interest. The class will emphasize writing as a process as students practice different modes of writing. Students will be able to use complex sentence structure and verb forms, as well as more academic vocabulary. Students will be introduced to the basics of writing from sources. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course.

This course develops students writing ability from the sentence level to the paragraph level. Students begin by writing short, simple compositions on familiar topics and daily life. Students will learn about paragraph structure and organization. By the end of the course, students will be able to write paragraph-length compositions using simple sentence patterns and vocabulary. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 31 or below on placement exam.

A student-driven research experience under the supervision of a faculty mentor or an internship director. Two credits will be the standard credit given for this course. Research contracts will be required for everyone who registers, with fewer or additional credits given depending on the approved project and time commitment. Each faculty member will offer one section of this class per year. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in BIOL or CHEM 397. Permission of the division chairperson required. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of a physics faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.