Program Description

The English for Academic Purposes program is specifically designed for ESL undergraduate and graduate students as well as exchange students who are required to or desirous of improving and developing their academic English language proficiency. Each course is a three-credit course and each course counts as a general elective towards graduation in most undergraduate majors.

Public Speaking ClassUndergraduate degree requirements

Undergraduate degree requirements

For undergraduate degree programs, students require minimum TOEFL scores of 550 on the Paper Based Test (PBT), 213 on the Computer Based Test (CBT), or  80 on the internet Based Test (iBT) or 6.5 on the IELTS to register for courses in their major in the fall or spring semester.

Students with TOEFL scores between 520- 547 (PBT) 190-210 (CBT) or 68-78 (iBT) or IELTS bands from 5.5-6.0 will be registered into credit courses in the Summer Intensive English Program to improve and develop their academic English language skills. Upon completion of the Summer Intensive English Program, students with TOEFL scores below 550 (PBT) or IELTS below 6.5 will be registered into English for Academic Purposes courses that count towards graduation.

MBA Program

Students interested in the graduate MBA degree will be required to submit GMAT verbal and written scores as well as IELTS or TOEFL scores. Applicants with computer based TOEFL scores below 76iBT or 540 PBT on IELTS 6.0 will be required to enroll into courses that will improve and develop their academic English language skills.

Depending on their level of English proficiency, students will be registered into one or both of the following options:

• Courses in the summer Intensive English Program, or
• EAP courses in the fall semester.

If you would like more information about the EAP program, or if you would like to know if you will be required to take EAP courses, send an email with your questions and IELTS or TOEFL scores to esl@oswego.edu.

For information on student visas contact us via, email intled@oswego.edu.