2018-2019 Academic Catalog

Offered in: Chicago

The English Language Program is not a full bachelor's degree program. Instead, ELP provides a carefully planned series of courses designed to prepare and support non-native speakers of English for study at Roosevelt University. ELP offers courses in speaking, listening, grammar, reading, and writing at three levels:

• Beginning level provides intensive practice in basic English skills at an elementary level for students who have little or no knowledge of English.
• Intermediate level improves and extends control of the language for students who have some functional ability in basic English.
• Advanced level enables students whose ability to speak, read, and write English is fairly good, but not adequate for a program of academic study without English language support, to participate successfully in most degree program courses.

For additional writing practice, degree-seeking students must enroll in a more advanced, transition-level writing class: ELP 110 COMPOSITION-BRIDGE LEVEL (undergraduate) or ELP 111 COMPOSITION-BRIDGE LEVEL (graduate). Roosevelt University 's English Language Proficiency Test determines student placement within the program.

Requirements

The number of ELP courses required for a student depends on the students' performance on the Roosevelt University English Language Proficiency Test. No degree credit is granted for ELP courses at the 080 or 090 levels. Courses at the 106 level or above carry credit toward undergraduate degrees. Students may apply up to 15 100 level ELP courses toward an undergraduate degree.  No ELP courses carry credit toward graduate degrees.