Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 2008-2009 Page: 74
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approval of the Teacher Education Admissions Committee
must be maintained.
2. A grade of "C" or better is required for all majors courses.
3. Junior and senior transfer students must take the THEA and be
admitted to the Teacher Education Program during their first
semester at Abilene Christian University to continue in
professional education course work. Arrangements to take
the THEA should be made as quickly as possible by contacting
the Office of Career and Academic Development.
M inimum GPA for graduation ...................................................... 2.70
Minimum advanced hours ............................. .......... ...... .. 33
Minimum total hours ..................................... 128
Courses numbered 0** do not count in
minimum hours required for degree.
Minor in a Foreign Language: Spanish
Spanish
FLSP 221 Intermediate Spanish I ...................................... 3
FLSP 222 Intermediate Spanish II .................................... 3
Choose from: FLSP 300-499 ................................... ..... 12
TOTAL ........................................ ........ ................... 18
Foreign Language for Native Speakers
of Other Languages
A special provision exists for the satisfaction of foreign
language requirements (under both the general education
requirements and the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements)
by students for whom English is a second language. Students
seeking to fulfill the foreign language requirements by the
alternative means listed below must (if requested to do so) be
able to demonstrate to the chair of the Department of Foreign
Languages native (L1) proficiency in a language other than
English (not a dialect of English). The student's native
language need not be one of those offered by the Department of
Foreign Languages.
General Education Requirements
The requirement for "Foreign Language - 2 high school units
or 6 hours" will be satisfied upon successful completion of the
general education requirement for "English - composition:
ENGL 111 or equivalent (3) and Literature (3)" for students
who qualify as non-native speakers of English (see above).
Bachelor of Arts Degree
For all Bachelor of Arts degree programs having a requirement
for "foreign language - sophomore level - 6 hours," that
requirement will be satisfied upon completion of the Bachelor
of Arts requirement for English - composition: ENGL 112 (3)
and a second Literature course (3)for students who qualify as
non-native speakers of English (see above).
Under this special provision, college credit will be granted for
the English courses, but not for any ESL (English as a Second
Language) course. Students will still need to complete the
prescribed number of hours for particular degree programs
(usually this will mean that a Bachelor of Arts degree studentwill need an additional 12 hours of electives to replace the 12
hours of foreign language that were satisfied by the alternative
means outlined above).
Institute of Intensive English (IIE)
The Institute of Intensive English (IIE) provides semester-long
English as a Second Language (ESL) courses at the low-
intermediate, high-intermediate and advanced levels. The IIE
curriculum is designed to prepare students for ACU credit
courses and consists of grammar, reading, composition and
oral/aural communication courses at each of the three levels
(except that the oral/aural communication course is omitted at
the Advanced level).
The low-intermediate and high-intermediate blocks consist of
20 class hours per week (the summer schedule is slightly more
intensive). The advanced ESL block consists of 15 class hours
per week plus enrollment in one regular or audit class. ESL
students must enroll in all courses included in their assigned
block of courses (one of the three levels listed) according to
incoming ESL placement exam results at ACU or incoming
TOEFL scores. Students advance from their initial block by
achieving passing grades in all courses of that block. Students
earning a failing grade in even a single course of a given block
must repeat that entire block. Permission to enroll in full-time
developmental and regular credit courses is granted upon
successful completion of the advanced ESL block. A particular
TOEFL score is not required for ESL students who move from
the ESL block into undergraduate courses upon completion of
the advanced level. However, students wishing to enter
graduate work must meet additional Graduate School
requirements, including a minimum TOEFL score of 550, or
computer-based score of 213.
Course Descriptions
Please see the Course Descriptions section of this catalog (page
204). ESL courses offered by the Department of Foreign
Languages include those with the following designation:
FLEN.
ESL course offerings include the following groupings:
* Low-Intermediate ESL Block: FLEN 021, 023, 027, 029.
* High-Intermediate ESL Block: FLEN 031, 033, 037, 039.
* Advanced ESL Block: FLEN 041, 047, 049.
NOTE: Courses numbered 000-099 do not count toward the
minimum hours required for a bachelor 's degree, nor do they
affect the cumulative GPA.
Course Descriptions
Please see the Course Descriptions section of this catalog (page
204). Courses offered by the Department of Foreign Languages
include those with the following designations: FLFR, FLGE,
FLLA, FLSP, INTS.
NOTE: All first-year foreign language classes require a
lab. Any first-year foreign language (FL_ 111, 112) may
be used to fulfill admissions deficiency requirements.
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