Academic Transitions: Program Structure

All AT1 students take the courses listed below.

ARSC 150: Foundations of English for Academic Purposes | 3 credits

ARSC 150 is an integrated-skills class (reading, writing, listening, grammar, vocabulary, and speaking) that uses academic content to develop all areas of your language proficiency while also building the background knowledge and study skills for success as an undergraduate in the U.S. The goal of this course is to teach you to understand, think about, summarize, and respond critically to challenging written and spoken texts on topics of academic and public interest.

ARSC 151: ELI Cultural Electives | 3 credits

Each course lasts for 2 months; so, the student will first take 1 of the courses for 2 months, and then will take the second course for 2 months. This will take the entire 4-month AT1 semester.

A list of the ELI courses that can be taken to meet requirements of ARSC 151 is included on this web page.

Cohort Experience | 0 credits

Students will also participate in our renowned Cohort program, where they will develop academic, leadership, and social skills and learn how to engage (to become actively involved) in the campus community. | Learn more about Cohort >

In order to receive credit for ARSC151, a student must receive a grade of C+ or better in two single session courses offered at the AT1 level. Furthermore, students cannot enroll in the same course material subject for both sessions of ARSC151. For example, a student may not enroll in drama for both sessions of ARSC151.

Students must either register for ELILS 607: Music or ELILS 677: Advanced Academic Communication & Notetaking (AACN) for one of their single sessions in order to receive full credit for ARSC151.
In their other session, they may select from additional courses: Drama, College Textbook Reading and Discussion or English Through the 1960s.

Use the following chart to help register for courses for ARSC151:

Students are required to achieve the following grades in AT1 activities in order to advance to AT2:

Important notes

• Students will only receive credit for courses for which they receive a minimum grade of C+.
• Students who pass ARSC 150, but who do not pass ARSC 151 and/or Cohort will advance to AT2.
  • These students will still need to meet all matriculation requirements (including passing ARSC 151 and Cohort) in order to complete the AT program.
• Students have only 2 chances to pass an AT course with a C+; otherwise, they may be dismissed from the ELI and lose their conditional admission to UD.

AT2 students are required to take the following courses:

ELI ENGL 110: Seminar in composition for AT | 3 credits

The purpose of this class is to introduce students to key genres of university-level academic writing, including the personal essay, summary, critical interpretation, argument, and research paper. Students read, understand, synthesize, and respond critically to challenging texts on topics of public, professional, disciplinary, and personal interest.

ELI E110 is aligned with the learning outcomes of the mainstream E110 Seminar in Composition, but offers enhanced instruction in American culture, genre, and language use.

Discussion Classes (required) | 0 credits

All AT students have 2 hours of discussion classes per week for each university course that they are taking. In these classes, which are taught by Instructional Assistants (IAs), students review the content from the course lectures, receive feedback on upcoming assignments, and learn how to manage the workload for the class.

Cohort Experience | 0-1 credit

During AT2, students who meet the requirements participate in UNIV 101 (1 credit). Business majors will take AT2 Cohort for Business not for credit at the request of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. | Learn more about Cohort >

University Content Courses | 6 credits

AT2 students will take up to 2 university content courses. The courses that they take will depend on their AT track of study (i.e., they will take courses related to their university major).

See the list of UD courses offered in AT2 and AT3 >

AT2 students must meet the following requirements to matriculate (i.e., to begin full-time university studies):

Important notes

• Students will only receive credit for courses for which they receive a minimum grade of C+.
• New students who place directly into AT2 are placed in AT2 Cohort, which they are required to complete prior to matriculation..
• Students must earn 16 credits to matriculate from AT2. Students who began ELI directly in AT2 are only required to earn 10 credits in order to matriculate after AT2 (9 credits for business majors).
• Students who do not meet matriculation requirements after AT2 will be required to continue studying in ELI for another 4 months in AT3.

Students will advance to AT3 if they have earned a grade of at least C+ in ELI ENGL 110 during AT2, but have not yet met the required minimum number of credits to matriculate.

Note: Students who do not earn the minimum grade of C+ in ELI ENGL 110 will be required to repeat the course and will also still be considered an AT2 student.

Repeating AT2

Cohort requirement

• If you did not meet your Cohort requirement (i.e., AT1 Cohort and AT2 Cohort with a C+ or higher), then you will continue in Cohort in upcoming sessions until you have done so.
• If you did meet your Cohort requirement, then you will not be required to continue in Cohort the next time you will be in AT2.

University content course requirement: You will take two university content courses (and their respective co-requisite discussion classes) that will help you to meet either major or university requirements.

• Remember, if you earned a grade of C+ (or higher) in your AT2 courses, you will earn credit for them when you eventually matriculate.

Additional tutoring: Students may be assigned private or cluster tutoring hours for additional support.

Repeat limit: Students are only permitted to repeat an AT semester one time (i.e., you can only take an AT semester a maximum of two times). Students who fail an AT semester twice may be dismissed from ELI and lose their admission to UD.

ARSC 152: AT Capstone – Language of the Disciplines | 3 credits

The purpose of this course is to develop students’ genre awareness and language proficiency by making language not only the outcome of the course but also the content of the class. Students learn how to read and analyze the books and articles they will study for their major. The course culminates in a student-led conference with poster presentations in front of an audience.

UD Content Courses | 9 credits

AT3 students will take up to 3 university content courses. The courses that they take will depend on their AT track of study (i.e., they will take courses related to their university major). For more information, see “AT3 – University Course Options” below.

See the list of UD courses offered in AT2 and AT3 >

AT3 students must meet the following requirements to matriculate (i.e., to begin full-time university studies):

Notes: Students will only receive credit for courses for which they receive a minimum grade of C+.