English

English Course Substitutions, Placement, and Prerequisites

For English course substitutions, please start at the advisement center in the Red Mountain Building, room 111. Here, you will request and pick up your course substitution card in consultation with your adviser. Bring this card to the English department, with all documentation (course descriptions and transcripts), and ask to see the department chair of the English department. After the English department chair approves the substitution, take the card to the DEAN of the Division for final signature, in Sierra building, room 200-1.

The following guidelines apply for placement into English.

All ACCUPLACER Testing is done through the Testing Center, in RDMT 121.

For Placement into English 098, READ 093 Learning Community: (a concurrent enrollment is required)

  • An ACCUPLACER reading comprehension score of 35-49
  • EPY 101 is highly recommended

For Placement into English 098 or 097:

  • An ACCUPLACER reading comprehension score of 50-85
  • An ACCUPLACER reading comprehension score of 86+, but an essay sample score of only 1-4
  • READ 135 is highly recommended

For Placement into English 101 and 107:

  • An ACCUPLACER reading comprehensive score of 86 +
  • An ACCUPLACER essay sample score of 5-8
  • OR SAT scores of 440-670
  • OR ACT scores of 18-29

Note: English 101 is a prerequisite for English 102. English 107 is a prerequisite for English 108

For Placement into English 102:

  • SAT score of 680+
  • ACT score of 30+