Rhetoric
Placement into the Rhetoric courses is based on the student’s highest ACT English or SAT Critical Reading score unless the student is required to take the English as a Second Language Placement Test (known as "the EPT"). Cutoff scores, placement recommendations, and proficiency credit policies are derived in collaboration with the Division of Rhetoric in the Department of English and are reviewed annually. The policies below apply to all students entering the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Summer 2015, Fall 2015, or Spring 2016.
Transfer students: If you have earned at least one hour of college-level composition credit in an academic writing course but not enough credit to fulfill the Composition I General Education requirement, you will enroll in RHET 233. Please discuss scheduling options with your advisor.
ACT English Score
| Placement Message
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| 1 - 19
| Unless there are EPT results indicating that ESL courses are required, placed into Fall RHET 101 and Spring RHET 102; take RHET 100 both semesters.
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| 20 - 31
| Unless there are EPT results indicating that ESL courses are required, placed into RHET 105. You must enroll in Fall 2014 if your UIN ends in an even number. You must enroll in Spring 2015 if your UIN ends in an odd number. Alternatively, you may enroll in Fall CMN 111 and Spring CMN 112*
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| 32 - 36
| Earned 4 hours of credit for RHET 105; fulfilled Composition I requirement.
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*This two-semester "Oral and Written Communication" course is for students who wish to receive a public speaking credit in addition to fulfilling their Composition I requirement.