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Welcoming a wide range of students from many nations
and cultures, The American University of Paris and
the Foundation Program in particular provide a rich
and diverse academic environment for entering AUP
freshmen with emerging competencies in English.
During the first Foundation semester, students take
two linked General Education courses paired as an
EnglishBridge, one intensive academic composition
course, and one grammar course. These courses carry
full university credit, fulfilling part of a
student’s General Education and elective
requirements. In the following semester, students
take an advanced intensive composition course in
addition to three courses of their choosing. |
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First semester, students take: |
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EN 0085
Intensive Writing |
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EN 0060 English Grammar Review |
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EnglishBridge |
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EnglishBridge is composed
of two linked courses that may be from a variety of
subject areas critical to a liberal arts education.
Students begin to understand how different subject
areas see a given problem in different ways while
they develop the language skills they need to
function in an English-speaking classroom
environment. |
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Second semester, students take: |
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EN 0095
Advanced Intensive Writing |
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Other classes to be
chosen with the help of the student's advisor. |
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The English Foundation Program is tailored
to students' preparation levels. Freshman
and Transfer placements into Tracks One and
Two are made during the admissions process.
Freshman and Transfer placements into Tracks
Three and Four are made according to a
placement test taken during Orientation.
Students may also be placed at intermediate
stages in these tracks.
The first year of the English Foundation
Program must be completed successfully (with
an overall grade average of “C”) before
students are allowed to proceed further into
their academic curriculum. Students earning
less than a grade of “C” must repeat the
courses in which their grade was below C. If
language skills are not yet adequate at the
end of the semester, the student may choose
to repeat elements of the program. Please
note: EN courses below EN 1010 receive
elective credit, of which 16 credits may be
applied toward the student's degree. |
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Student Learning Outcomes
Students will become familiar with the learning
environment of a four-year American liberal arts
undergraduate institution, developing the skills
needed to function optimally in class and
outside of class on individual and collective
projects. Students will learn the essential
features of writing, such as organization,
mechanics, word choice, and style, and will be
able to effectively plan, write, and edit their
work. Students will explore formal grammatical
features of English such as tense, time, aspect,
register, voice, and idioms. Students will learn
to understand varied discipline-specific
perspectives on a given problem and will learn
to conduct research and produce academic
research projects. |
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