Oct 18, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

ENG 101 - Communication Arts I GT-C01


3 Credit(s)

This course is designed to provide students with the reading, writing and critical thinking skills necessary to produce effective college-level expository writing. Students entering Adams State who do not have English grades and/or test scores, or whose English grade point average is less than 2.5, or who score less than 18 on the ACT English sub-score, or who score less than 470 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing are required to take the English Placement Exam (Essay Placement Exam). Students who do not agree with their placement based on their high school performance (e.g. grade point average) have the option of taking the Essay Placement Exam. Students who do not pass the Essay Placement Exam are placed in ENG-101 and the ENG 101L  co-requisite lab class. Students who decline to take the Essay Placement Exam but fall below the threshold of ENG-101 admittance will automatically be placed in the ENG 101L  co-requisite lab.

Prerequisite(s):
ACT English - Minimum Score: 18

OR

SAT Reading/Verbal - Minimum Score: 430

OR

SAT Evidence Based Reading/Writing Score - Minimum Score: 470

OR

Essay Placement Exam/Test - Minimum Score: 1

 

Co-requisite(s): ENG 101L