CCSU Writing Requirement and Placement Testing
All entering first-time students are required to take Freshman Composition (ENG 110), which is an introductory course in expository writing, unless exempt due to previous coursework. Students who transfer with more than 60 credits who have not completed the equivalent of English 110, should meet with the Chair of the English Department to determine how to satisfy the requirement. Transfer students with fewer than 60 credits who have not completed the equivalent of English 110 must take the Accuplacer to determine course placement for writing. Placement exams are administered through The Learning Center on a regular schedule. There is no writing placement exam for entering first-time students. Student writing is assessed during the first week of your writing class. Course adjustments will be made based on the writing assessment, if it is determined that you are enrolled in the wrong writing course. A score of 450 on the Writing OR Critical Reading portion of the SAT (or 21 on the ACT) is needed to enroll in ENG 110. If the SAT Writing score AND the SAT Critical Reading score are both below 450 (or 21 on the ACT), the entering first-time students are required to complete Remedial English (ENG 099), which focuses on improvement of basic writing skills, prior to taking ENG 110. If English is not the student's native language and their score on the SAT Writing and SAT Critical Reading are both below 450 (or 21 on the ACT or 61 on the internet-based TOEFL), they are required to complete ESL 108 and/or ESL 109 prior to taking ENG 110. CCSU Foreign Language Requirement and placement testing-Students who have completed 3 sequential years of one foreign language at the high school level (to level 3), have satisfied the CCSU foreign language requirement. (The high school transcript must be received by the Office of Recruitment and Admissions.) Students who did not complete 3 sequential years of one foreign language in high school, have these options:
- Elementary proficiency as demonstrated by successfully completing a 2nd semester-level CCSU foreign language course (112 or 118).
- Demonstration of native proficiency in a language other than English.
All students must take a placement exam to continue studying the same language previously studied:
---Spanish placement exams are offered by The Learning Center.
---French, German and Italian placement exams are offered by the Modern Language Department.