Information Regarding Learning Support

What is learning support?

The learning support program is a University System-wide program which enables entering students who are ineligible for admission to the regular college curriculum to develop their basic skills to the point at which they will be able to undertake college work. The program also gives regularly admitted students who believe they need skill development in English, reading, and/or mathematics prior to enrolling in related core curriculum classes, or who have experienced difficulty in these core classes, the opportunity to enhance their basic skills in the college environment

What are the courses?

Required learning support students should enroll in LANG 0099 and/or MATH 0099

Do I really belong in learning support?

Prior to registration, students designated as learning support students are given the COMPASS test to assess skills required for regular English and math college courses. If students achieve satisfactory scores on the placement tests, they may be recommended for unconditional admission. However, if students do not achieve satisfactory scores, they are placed in learning support courses, and their status remains conditional until they have successfully completed the prescribed program.

How do these courses affect my academic standing and financial aid?

Learning support students must enroll in their required learning support courses the first semester of attendance. Learning support courses do not carry college-level credit leading to graduation; however, the courses do carry institutional credit, which counts toward eligibility for sorority/fraternity membership, for being excused from military quarters, and for various other college activities that require a certain number of credit hours and a certain GPA. Being in learning support classes does not affect one's eligibility for the HOPE grant or for financial aid, provided a student meets all other HOPE grant and financial aid requirements.

What must I do to complete the program?

Learning support students must fulfill all their learning support requirements in order to be transferred to the status of "regularly admitted." Students must achieve a minimum of a C average and an established, approved score on the COMPASS test in each course before they will be permitted to exit learning support language arts (LANG 0099) and mathematics (MATH 0099). Students in learning support language arts must also pass an in-class final essay. Learning support reading (DSRD 0099) is restricted to those students who have completed LANG 0099 but have not passed the University System exit reading examination. Students will have a maximum of three (3) semesters to complete their learning support requirements.