Students who must repeat the examination may retake the test one time at the Counseling and Testing Center after one month. Transfer students, having completed the equivalent of the general education English sequence, must take the competency examination before beginning their second semester. Arrangements will be made, if possible, to administer the test on the campus of the institution from which students are transferring. Students must be certified by a licensed psychologist or neurologist as having a substantial disability in the learning process. For students entering before fall 1997 and new transfer students entering before fall 2000.
General education consists of courses required regardless of specialized areas of study.
The purpose of general education is to develop skills and knowledge useful for all students, regardless of their career choices. Requirements in English and speech enhance fundamental skills of writing and speaking. Requirements in humanities, natural sciences and social sciences broaden intellectual perspective and familiarize students with fundamental fields of human knowledge. Four credits of one modern language other than English and four credits of another cannot be used. If the total credits of these two laboratory courses is less than eight, non-laboratory science courses may be applied toward the requirement if the school chair or college dean evaluates the course as appropriate.