All incoming freshmen are required to take this placement examination. Transfer students must take the examination if they have not satisfied either Entry Skill 2, Basic Writing Competence, or D.E.C. category A, English Composition. Students may not re-take the examination. The placement examination result does not affect the number of credits transferred or the transfer evaluation. Satisfies Skill 2 Basic Writing Competence.
Students develop fluency and correctness and are introduced to academic writing.
Satisfies Skill 2 Basic Writing Competence. Students learn strategies for completing extended writing assignments at the University. Satisfies Skill 2 Basic Writing Competence. Students engage in in-depth practice with specific types of academic writing. Composition and rhetoric, adult literacy, bilingualism and writing.