Courses

The Academic English Program offers four courses for UW students: 

• ENGL 102: Essentials of College Reading & Writing
• ENGL 103: Writing From Sources
• ENGL 104: Essentials of College Communication
• ENGL 105: English for International Teaching Assistants (ITAs)

Who the Courses Are For

The academic English courses (ENGL 102–104) are intended primarily for current UW students who are required to satisfy the English language proficiency requirement (ELPR) or others who generally want to improve their academic English skills. Courses cover a wide range of necessary skills, including critically analyzing and responding to readings, developing research questions, making claims, grammar and academic vocabulary, note-taking and effectively leading class and small group discussions. 

ENGL 105 is designed specifically for graduate students who will be international teaching assistants at the UW.

ENGL 102 and ENGL 104 can also be satisfied through successful completion of our Graduate School Preparation Program.

Credits & Grades

Graduate students: AEP courses are noncredit bearing but do count toward University enrollment requirements. AEP course grades are not factored in GPA calculations. However, AEP course grades will appear on transcripts.

Undergraduate students: ENGL 102–104 are credit courses and can be counted toward undergraduate degree requirements. Grades are factored into the undergraduate GPA. 

Note: The Academic English Program is part of UW Continuum College, a self-sustaining unit. There is an additional course fee for all AEP courses, with the exception of ENGL 105.

Course Placement

ENGL 102–104

Students who have not yet met the UW ELP requirement are placed into ENGL 102, 103 or 104 according to standardized test scores submitted to UW Admissions or the Graduate School. Learn more about placement.

If you're required to take AEP courses, you must take one each quarter until you successfully complete the course sequence. 

ENGL 105

Some graduate students who will be international teaching assistants at the UW are required to take ENGL 105. Students with a speaking subscore of 26+ (TOEFL iBT) or 7.0+ (IELTS) are exempt from the ENGL 105 requirement. To learn more, see Policy 5.2: Conditions of appointment for TAs who are not native speakers of English.

Course Schedule

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