The purpose of the center is also to promote outreach efforts of the colleges within the University into the private, public, and nonprofit communities. This may include collaborative programs for credit and noncredit including undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered on-site or at alternative, more convenient locations to better serve students and clients. Noncredit programs include human resource management training, management and supervisory training, law enforcement leadership training, computer training, customer service training, and certificate programs in business management, nonprofit management, and computer proficiency and expertise. Noncredit and credit equivalency courses are held on a semester basis during the academic year. Classes are offered at six levels of proficiency from high-beginning to advanced.
Attention is given to listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, and grammar basics.
American history, American literature, speech, American culture, and intercultural communications make up an integral part of the program, providing an authentic content-based environment for language and cultural acquisition. The summer program, in addition to intensive English, includes two-week professional workshops in international business, medical English and English as a foreign language pedagogy, as well as short language and culture excursion courses in American literature, Utah history, and Shakespeare. These students are tested upon arrival and are placed into levels appropriate to their proficiency in English. While enrolled in ELI, students have the opportunity, with permission, to take credit courses in a supportive, sheltered atmosphere. ELI also designs, upon request, unique programs to meet the specific English language needs of industry, business, academic institutions, and other special groups.