Exit Requirements

Undergraduates

In order to pass an LC course, undergraduates must obtain a passing grade of 70% or above.

A student who entered the Language Center with a TOEFL score between 420-447 will take the level 1 courses (20 hours per week) and will continue the following semester with the level 2 courses, unless he/she obtains at least 90% on any level 1 course. If this is the case, he/she will be allowed to pass out of the Language Center, for that particular course. The TOEFL will not be used as an exit mechanism in the Language Center.

Students who take the level 2 courses will pass out of the Intensive English Program by obtaining a passing grade of 70% or above. Likewise, those who take a combination of levels 1 and 2 during the same semester will pass with a Language Center passing grade of 70% or above. For example, if a student is taking Reading 1, Grammar 1, Listening/Speaking 2 and Writing 2, he/she must obtain the passing grade of 70% or above for each course, and the following semester he/she would continue with Reading 2, Grammar 2 and other non-Language Center courses.

Students taking Reading I, Grammar I, or Listening and Speaking I can obtain a superpass and skip the second level of that course if they achieve a grade of 90% or above. However, there is no superpass for Writing I. All students who take Writing I must take Writing II.

Students who take the fast track (super-intensive) will exit the Language Center by obtaining a passing grade of 70% in all four skills; otherwise, they will have to repeat the skill they failed in the corresponding level 2 the following semester.

The TOEFL will not be used as an exit mechanism in the Language Center.

Graduates

In order to pass an LC course, graduates must obtain a Language Center grade of 80% or above. A graduate student who entered the Language Center with a TOEFL score below 520 will take level 1 courses (20 hours per week) and will continue the following semester with the level 2 courses.

A graduate student who entered the Language Center with a TOEFL score between 520 – 547 will take from 10 – 30 course hours per week and his/her schedule may be either only level 2, a combination of levels 1 and 2 or the super-intensive. Students who take level 2 courses will pass out of the Intensive English Program by obtaining a passing grade of 80% or above. Those who take a combination of levels 1 and 2 during the same semester will pass with a Language Center passing grade of 80% or above. For example, if a student is taking Reading 1, Writing 1, Listening/Speaking 2 and Grammar 2, he/she must obtain the passing grade of 80% or above for each course, and the following semester continue with Reading 2, Writing 2 and other non-Language Center courses. However, he/she may also take Reading 1, Grammar 1 and pass out of the Language Center after one semester if he/she obtains a grade of 90% or above for Reading 1 and Grammar 1.

Note: The same rule regarding superpass and super-intensive applies to graduate students as described for undergraduate students with the exception that the minimum passing grade is 80%.