First Year English Requirements

• Students with satisfactory entrance proficiency in English take English 101 and 102, the standard Freshman English sequence.
  
• Those whose SAT verbal scores indicate exceptional proficiency are invited to take English 103 (Advanced Freshman English) and follow it with English 102.
  
• Those for whom English is a second language, and whose performance on an entrance essay indicates the need for additional training to succeed in college-level work, are required to take English 003 (English as a Second Language), and if necessary English 004 (or its equivalent), and follow it with English 102 or both English 101 or 102, depending on their degree of success in the first semester.
  
• Second-language students with serious writing problems may be required to enroll in additional developmental English courses before enrolling in English 101.
  
• Students whose native language is English, but whose SAT scores indicate verbal deficiency, are required to take English 100 in the first semester, and follow it with English 102 or both English 101 and 102 depending on the grade they earn in the course.