College Preparatory Courses

College Preparatory Courses (Developmental Education)

Students who score below specified level of the TSIA or who are placed through other college-approved holistic measures will be required to enroll in college preparatory (developmental education) courses until “C” or higher grades are earned in all required college preparatory courses or until the students pass a retest in the same area. A First-Time-In-College (FTIC) student assessed as needing remediation in any area is required to complete all college preparatory (developmental education) courses before enrolling in college-level coursework. If a College Preparatory Studies (CPS) student is enrolled in the exit level college preparatory course (e.g., INRW 0422, MATH 0322, or MATH 0320), the student may be allowed to take college-level courses that do not require TSI standards. Students who successfully complete the exit level developmental education math or integrated reading and writing course, and return to TSC the following semester, must enroll in a college level math or writing course the following semester unless the declared program of study prescribes that the math or writing course be taken during a later semester.

Corequisite models give developmental education students the opportunity to enroll in credit-bearing courses while simultaneously completing their developmental education course work. TSC students will transfer learning strategies and skills to general education (non-developmental) courses.

Developmental courses do not transfer as college credit to other colleges and universities and do not count as credit toward graduation requirements.