This course focuses on preparing students for academic listening and speaking tasks and improving conversational English. Students will improve their ability to maintain and repair conversations. Students will give formal presentations to practice extensive speaking and clear communication, including pronunciation. Students will listen to a variety of short lectures on topics of academic and personal interest to improve comprehension of main ideas and supporting details and learn common features of oral presentations. Students must earn or C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 32-40 on placement exam or grade of C or above in ESLP-115.

This course further develops students academic reading and writing skills in preparation for college-level reading and writing tasks across the curriculum. Students will begin to read more structurally and conceptually complex texts about topics of personal and academic interest. Students will learn the foundations of writing from sources, including critically evaluating texts, synthesizing information from multiple sources, researching, and documenting sources. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 41-52 on placement exam or grade of C or above in ESLP-101 and ESLP-104.

For students who have taken the second level of ESLP courses and placed into additional ESLP courses. If a final grade of A is not achieved, the student will repeat the course until a final grade of A is achieved. May be repeated for credit.

This course further develops students academic listening and speaking skills in preparation for college-level listening and speaking tasks across the curriculum. Students will listen to extended lectures in order to take notes and recall information for exams and assignments, give presentations to develop public speaking skills, and engage in classroom discussions with both their peers and instructor. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 32-40 on placement exam or grade of C or above in ESLP-115.

Courses on topics of interest to ESL students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Courses on topics of interest to physics students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by the instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of a physics faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.

A student-driven research experience under the supervision of a faculty mentor or an internship director. Two credits will be the standard credit given for this course. Research contracts will be required for everyone who registers, with fewer or additional credits given depending on the approved project and time commitment. Each faculty member will offer one section of this class per year. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in BIOL or CHEM 397. Permission of the division chairperson required. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

This course develops students writing ability from the sentence level to the paragraph level. Students begin by writing short, simple compositions on familiar topics and daily life. Students will learn about paragraph structure and organization. By the end of the course, students will be able to write paragraph-length compositions using simple sentence patterns and vocabulary. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 31 or below on placement exam.

This course develops students writing ability from the paragraph level to the short-essay level. Students will learn short essay structure and organization to write short compositions on topic of personal interest. The class will emphasize writing as a process as students practice different modes of writing. Students will be able to use complex sentence structure and verb forms, as well as more academic vocabulary. Students will be introduced to the basics of writing from sources. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 32-40 on placement exam or grade of C or better in ESLP-100.