The college also participates in the Concurrent Admission Program
(CAP). The Concurrent Admission Program is a joint program of the
Army Recruiting Command, Service members Opportunity Colleges, and
participating colleges that admit new soldiers to college concurrent
with their enlistment date.
ENGLISH COMPETENCY STANDARDS
Students must meet one of the standards described below to
demonstrate competency in English.
First-time undergraduate students
1. Standardized Testing. Students must score 500 or higher on the
Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or score 6.0 or higher
on the
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Examination. Results of
TOEFL taken at international testing centers and special
testing centers will
be accepted at all state system colleges and universities.
Results of TOEFL
administered at institutional testing centers shall not be
accepted by colleges
and universities other than the administering institution.
2. Intensive English Program (IEP). Students must score 460 or
higher on the
TOEFL administered at a special testing center or an
international testing
center or score 5.0 or higher on the IELTS examination. In
addition, after
achieving the required score and immediately prior to
admission, students must
successfully complete a minimum of 12 weeks of study at an
IEP approved by the
state regents. At least two-thirds of the 12 weeks must be
instruction at an
advanced level.
3. High school performance students must successfully complete the
high school
core requirements in an English speaking high school or
graduate from an
English speaking high school and demonstrate competency
through the policy on
curricular proficiencies.
4. Institutional discretion may be use in extraordinary and
deserving cases. The
president or his/her designee may admit a student who fails
to meet the above
requirements. In these situations, the applicant must have
demonstrated
proficiency in the English language prior to admission.
Undergraduate transfer student
Transfer students must attend an accredited,
English-speaking college for 24 semester credit hours with passing
grades and meet other transfer requirements. A transfer student is
any undergraduate student with greater than six attempted credit
hours, excluding remedial (0-level courses) or pre-college work and
excluding credit hours accumulated by concurrently enrolled high
school students.
