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  • Prerequisite and Corequisite English
  • Prerequisite Math
  • English as a Foreign Language

The Academic Foundations Department offers courses that support students seeking to complete their academic program and earn a degree. Courses are designed to prepare students for college-level work by helping them develop the reading, English and mathematics skills required for academic success.

Students are placed into or out of courses based on their unweighted GPA from a U.S. high school within the last 10 years or by other placement test scores, including English as a Foreign Language (EFL) placement test, ACT, SAT, GED and HiSET tests.

  • Students needing EFL placement should contact the EFL office.
  • Students with a high school GPA of 2.8 or higher may register for any entry-level (gateway) English or math course.
  • Students with a GPA of 2.2 to 2.799 may enroll in a gateway English or math course with a mandatory corequisite course.
  • Students with a GPA below 2.2 must enroll in a one-semester prerequisite English and/or math course.

All students who require a transition course will be required to take ACA-090, a course designed to improve students' success in their college coursework. Please contact the Academic Foundations Department or an advisor with any questions.

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Cherise Millsaps
Department Head

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[email protected]

Southern Wake Campus
Building C - 214

919-866-5749 (office)

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Michael Jones
Associate Department Head, English as a Foreign Language

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[email protected]

Southern Wake Campus
Building C - 109C

919-866-5627 (office)

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Hannah Hartman
Administrative Assistant

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[email protected]

Southern Wake Campus
Building C - 242

919-866-5317 (office)

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Wanda Hutto
Administrative Assistant, English as a Foreign Language

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[email protected]

Southern Wake Campus
Building C - 109

919-866-5325 (office)

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