NOTE: This document was generated from the 1995-1997 UIUC Programs of Study. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, but be advised that requirements may have changed since this book was published. Errors may have also been introduced in the conversion to a WWW document. Thus for items of importance, it might be wise to seek confirmation from either the paper version or a live human being.
The Campus Senate, the faculty General Education Board, and the colleges and departments have begun to implement enhanced general education requirements. Some further changes in requirements are expected to take effect in fall 1995. Thus, new students should confirm their general education requirements by consulting college and departmental offices, handbooks, or advisers.
A minimum of 6 hours each in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences is required for graduation in all undergraduate curricula. Approved courses should be distributed over at least three years. Upon request, the individual colleges will provide students with the general education requirements for their curricula and the list of courses acceptable for this purpose.
Composition I and II REQUIREMENT
Satisfactory proficiency in the use
of English is a requirement for all undergraduate degrees awarded at the
Urbana-Champaign campus of the University. This proficiency will be
certified by the fulfillment of a two-part requirement identified as
Composition I and II. The second (Composition II) requirement became
effective for new freshmen entering in fall 1991 and was effective for new
transfer students entering in fall 1992. The Composition I requirement can
be met by the satisfactory completion of one of the following courses or
course sequences: Rhetoric 101 and 102; Rhetoric 103 and 104; Rhetoric 105
or 108; or Speech Communication 111 and 112 (Verbal Communication). A
student with a sufficiently high score on either the ACT English Subtest or
the SAT Verbal Test and high performance on a written essay examination may
satisfy the Composition I requirement for graduation. Students may also
proficiency the requirement by scoring 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement
(AP) Test in language and composition, or on the AP Test in
literature.
If the academic credentials of a transfer student do not indicate fulfillment of course work equivalent to the University of Illinois's Composition I requirement, the student may be administered the Rhetoric Placement and Proficiency Examination, the ESL Placement Test, or the Transfer Writing Examination.
Under certain conditions, students may satisfy the Composition I requirement for graduation through satisfactory completion of courses offered by the Division of English as an International Language. Satisfactory completion of courses (ESL 114 and ESL 115) satisfies the Composition I requirement. Evidence that a student is eligible to enroll in these courses is established by a satisfactory score on the ESL Placement Test, a test of oral and written English administered by the Division of English as an International Language. On the basis of this test, the student will be enrolled in the course or courses appropriate to his or her English needs.
If a student's score on the ESL Placement Test is high enough so that he or she does not have to take ESL 113, the student is free to take either ESL 114 or ESL 115 or RHET 105. If the student chooses to do the latter, he or she must take the Rhetoric Placement and Proficiency Examination offered by the Department of English.
The Composition II requirement may be met by satisfactory completion of any course that has been approved and designated as satisfying the demands of the Composition II requirement. The Composition II requirement cannot be met by passing a proficiency examination.
A list of courses that fulfill the Composition II requirement is available from departmental and college advising staff.
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