ESL

ESL Program Overview

Students take a placement exam which includes:

• In-house TOEFL
• Written Exam
• Oral Exam

Based on those scores, students are placed into Full program or Bridge Program ESL

Full program – two full-semester levels

• ESLG 2000.01 – Intermediate
  
  Students take 18 hours of ESL instruction, using American culture studies as the content base.
  
  
• ESLG 4000.01 – Upper Intermediate

In addition to the 5 ESL classes, students register for 1 credit of an undergraduate content class: ISTL 1000 - Introduction to International Studies

Bridge Level (advanced level) – two full-semester classes

These classes are 3 credit hours, and are taken at the same time as the student’s major coursework.  They are not taken in the same semester

• ESLG 4000.06 – Research writing
• ESLG 4050.01 – ESL Seminar
• ESLG 4070.01- TOEFL and test-taking skills

Click HERE for a glance at our upcoming semester schedule.