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.
EN 111 College Composition
Students who have a 2.0 recalculated HS GPA or higher OR are transfer students may enroll in EN 111.
-
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.
-
Students will be allowed to appeal this decision.
EN 101 Learning Skills Development and EN 102 Personal Reading Improvement
-
If students have an ACT English score < 18, EN 101 Learning Skills Development is recommended.
-
If students have an ACT Reading score of < 18, EN 102 Personal Reading Improvement is recommended.
-
If students are missing an ACT English or ACT Reading score, the equation
would take ACT composite. -
If the ACT composite score is < 19, EN 101 and EN 102 are recommended.
-
If the ACT composite score is missing, EN 101 and EN 102 are recommended.
EN 090 Appeal Process
Deadlines
| First semester freshman, fall | Before orientation (at least 2 weeks if possible) |
| Second semester freshman, winter | October 1 |
| First semester freshman, winter | January 10 |
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.
