Developmental Studies
The mission of the Developmental Studies Program is to use the best practices in developmental education to prepare students academically, emotionally, and socially for college, career, and civic success by improving their reading, writing, and mathematical skills and by encouraging the development of strategies for active, confident, life-long learning. This program provides math, reading, writing, keyboarding, and study skills courses with course numbers less than 100. Credits earned by completing these courses do not count toward graduation requirements. Developmental coursework is also excluded from GPA calculations.
Students’ developmental coursework requirements (or exemptions from developmental coursework) are determined by their placement test scores. If these test scores indicate a need for academic development, students are required to complete the necessary developmental courses before they can enroll in most 100-level courses. Therefore, full-time students who are required to complete developmental courses must enroll in a minimum of two developmental ACA or DRE classes or a minimum of one developmental ACA or DRE class plus a sequence of DMA modules until their developmental course work is complete. Part-time students must enroll in a minimum of one developmental ACA or DRE class or a sequence of DMA modules until their developmental course work is complete.
The minimum passing grade for developmental ACA courses is “C.” The grade of “D” is not given in developmental courses. The grades for all developmental math and reading/English courses are either “P” for “Pass” or “R” for “Re-enroll.”