Developmental Education & Basic Skills
Trevecca’s developmental education and basic skills courses are for students who fail to establish competency through their ACT scores or TNU Placement Test scores, or are granted admission on academic alert or probation. Students will be required to meet with a Student Success Team Member to discuss the developmental education and basic skills courses they are placed in.
Developmental Education Course
Math
Students with math ACT scores of 19 and below or placement test scores of 6 and below will be placed in the developmental mathematics course INT 0960 Intermediate Algebra and required to take it their first year. The course is graded on an S/U basis and does not count toward graduation. It does count as institutional credit in the areas of financial aid and athletic eligibility.
Developmental Education Suspension
- Students will have four semesters to complete developmental education requirements.
- Students who do not successfully complete their requirements by the end of their fourth semester of enrollment (spring or fall) will be suspended for the following semester and until they submit a transcript from another college or university with a course equivalent to the developmental or college level course requirement.
- Students may appeal their suspension if there are extenuating circumstances. Appeals for waiver of suspension must be submitted in writing to the Academic Services Committee.
Basic Skills Courses
English
Students with English ACT scores of 18 and below or placement test scores of 32 and below will be placed in ENG 1010 Introduction to Rhetoric. Students with ACT scores of 17 and below or placement test scores of 25 and below will also be placed in ENG 1010L Introduction to Rhetoric/Lab, a component taken concurrently with ENG 1010. Both courses carry regular University credit. ENG 1010 is graded on a regular letter grade basis, and ENG 1010L is graded on an S/U basis.
Academic Alert
Students granted admission on academic alert with an ACT composite of 18 and above will have an option to be placed in INT 1010 Study Skills. INT 1010 carries regular University credit and is graded on an S/U basis.
Students granted admission on academic alert with an ACT composite of 17 and below will have an option to take INT 1210 Fundamentals of Student Success, which carries regular University credit and is graded on an S/U basis.
Academic Probation
Students granted admission on academic probation may be placed in INT 1150 Engaging Academic Success. INT 1150 is graded on an S/U basis.