Academic Development Program
(ADP)

West Chester University

Contact Info
231 Lawrence Center
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-3274
Fax: 610-436-2600


Academic Development Program Courses

The ADP students are block scheduled into the following courses. Except for EDR100, all courses include integrated tutoring sessions.

ENG Q20: Basic Writing (3 credits) English Q20 emphasizes the process of producing writing and focuses on the critical study of Academic Written English (AWE). Students will compose writing in various genres using revision and draft editing. Students will critically study AWE grammar and syntax through work with instructors and/or tutors. Finally, students will engage texts through reading, analysis, and discussion. Students should complete the course with a greater understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses as writers, especially, but not only with regard to, producing college-level essays. NOTE: This course is a prerequisite to WRT 120 for students who have been placed in ENG Q20. Although the grade for Q00-level courses are counted in the student's grade point average, credits earned in Q00-level courses do not count toward the 120 hours of credit needed for graduation.

WRT 120: Effective Writing I (3 credits) An intensive course in writing that emphasizes skill in organization and awareness of styles of writing and levels of usage as ways of expressing and communicating experiences.

MAT Q01: Fundamental Skills in Arithmetic (3 credits) A course designed to strengthen basic arithmetic skills and to introduce the elements of algebra. Students, in general, are placed in MAT Q01 if their math SAT is less than 440. A student (other than an early childhood, elementary, or special education major) must complete this course and the subsequent course MAT Q00 with a grade of C- before enrolling in a 100-level mathematics course. An early childhood, elementary, or special education major with a math SAT score less than 480 must complete this course with a grade of at least C- before enrolling in MAT 101. Although the grade for Q00-level courses are counted in the student's grade point average, credits earned in Q00-level courses do not count toward the 120 hours of credit needed for graduation.

MAT Q00: Fundamentals of Algebra (3 credits) This course aims to strengthen basic algebraic skills. A student (other than an early childhood, elementary, and special education major) with a math SAT score greater than or equal to 440 and less than 480 must successfully complete this course with a grade of at least C- before enrolling in a 100-level mathematics course. Credits earned in Q00-level courses do not count toward the 120 hours of credit needed for graduation. Although the grade for Q00-level courses are counted in the student's grade point average, credits earned in Q00-level courses do not count toward the 120 hours of credit needed for graduation.

EDR Q20: Intermediate Level Reading (3 credits) This intermediate level workshop will emphasize the development and improvement of college-level reading competencies. The course is designed to help the students improve their reading comprehension as well as effective study techniques and strategies. Additionally, vocabulary development, flexible reading rate, and critical reading will be taught in this course. Although the grade for Q00-level courses are counted in the student's grade point average, credits earned in Q00-level courses do not count toward the 120 hours of credit needed for graduation.

EDR 100: College Reading and Study Skills (3 credits) This course develops reading and study skills such as comprehension, vocabulary, speed, remembering, concentration, taking notes, mastering a text assignment, and preparing for and taking examinations.

SPK 208: Public Speaking (3 credits) This course developments skills necessary to understand the theory of communication as a problem-solving tool in the community. Special emphasis is on the student's performance as a sender and receiver of messages directed at social action.