Developmental English and Foundational Skills

Fundamental education courses are designed for students who need a refresher course before enrolling in credit-bearing courses. Fundamental courses are not offered for academic credit and do not fulfill graduation requirements. Students who take developmental English (ENG 090) must complete it with a grade of C or better.

All undergraduate students, excluding students in a stand-alone undergraduate certificate program*, must enroll in WRK 100 in their first term, where they will be assessed for English proficiency. Students who do not earn the university-determined passing algorithmic score on the writing assessment or who do not meet one of the other criteria as outlined in the Undergraduate Admission section of the catalog, must enroll in ENG 090 for their second term. Students may defer ENG 090 to their third term only if they need to repeat all of their first term courses in their second term. Developmental English requirements may not be deferred past the third term under any circumstances.

*Students in a stand-alone undergraduate certificate program may satisfy developmental English requirements in accordance with the criteria outlined in the Undergraduate Admission section of the catalog.

Students, excluding students in a stand-alone undergraduate certificate program, must successfully complete MAT 104 or MAT 110 by earning a grade of C or higher or post transfer credit. Students without transfer credit in mathematics must attempt MAT 104 or MAT 110 no later than their fifth term of enrollment to continue taking other courses in their program. Students may defer MAT 104 or MAT 110 to their sixth term only if they need to repeat all of their fourth term courses in their fifth term. Changes to the term requirement are subject to accreditation, regulatory, or state requirements.

Note: Students in a stand-alone certificate program do not need to complete MAT104 or MAT110 unless it is in the certificate program or unless and until the student enrolls in another program at Strayer University which includes MAT104 or MAT110 in the curriculum.

A student enrolled in ENG 090 who does not earn a passing grade may repeat the course pursuant to the Repeating Courses – Undergraduate Policy.