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Because Gallaudet students have a wide range
of skills, Gallaudet offers four different sequences of English courses:
Honors, Accelerated, General, and Academic Skills Access Program. Each
sequence is designed both to challenge students and to meet their needs.
Students are placed in a sequence depending upon their ACT scores in
English and reading or their performance on the COMPASS Test. Especially
well-qualified students are invited to apply for Honors.
- Honors Program.
All students with ACT English and Reading scores of 19 or above or SAT
verbal score of 600+ are invited to apply for admission to the Honors
Program. A letter from the Office of Admissions will inform you if you
have qualified to apply. Application to begin in the fall semester
includes an interview in the spring or summer (via videoconferencing or
in person) with the honors director and other honors faculty, a review
of transcript(s) from high school and/or other postsecondary
institutions, consideration of math ACT scores, and participation in the
online discussion of the honors common reading. Admission is conditional
through the first semester and depends on performance of an essay on the
common reading and successful completion of fall honors courses. The
only differences in the application process for the spring semester are
completing an essay on the previous common reading during NSO (instead
of participating in an online discussion prior to NSO) and interviewing
during NSO (instead of prior to NSO).
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Accelerated Program. Students
in the Accelerated program take only three general English credit
courses to satisfy the general English requirements. ENG 120 is the
first of the three required courses in this sequence. The other two are
ENG 121 and 204.
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General
Program. Students admitted to the
General program take four general English credit courses: ENG 102, 103,
203, 204 or ENG 102S, 103S, 203S, 204S. These courses provide a
college-level curriculum to students who are ready for the challenge.
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Academic
Skills and Access Program. For some students
who demonstrate potential for academic success but need an opportunity
to develop English language and literacy abilities, there is the ASAP
Program. This program consists of a number of non-credit courses to
prepare students for college-level reading, writing, and thinking
skills. ASAP students take exit tests at the end of every semester to
see whether they are ready to take credit courses.
Transfer students are
also placed according to their ACT or COMPASS scores and may not take
credit English courses if their scores are not high enough to qualify them
for the General Program.
If you have any questions
about the English Placement Test or course placement in an English class,
contact:
David Pancost, Chair
English Department
(202) 651-5580 (tty/v)
(202) 651-5599 (fax)
english.department@gallaudet.edu
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