EPS Courses

The Programs in Language, Culture, and Professional Advancement (PLCPA) unit offers courses in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for international students and any interested domestic students. These courses are called English for Professional Success (EPS). In these courses, students are exposed to the different genres of academic and professional discourse. So, the EPS courses have a dual purpose: to ensure the academic as well as professional success of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s students.

All new international students placed into the EPS course will register in:

  • EPS 1004: Practical English I (for iPUP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1005: Practical English II (for iPUP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1006: Practical English III (for iPUP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1007: Practical English IV (for iPUP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1008: Academic Writing Skills (for Pre-University or UG students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1109: English for Occupational Purposes (for UG students only, offered at Metropolitan and Florham Campuses)
  • EPS 5004: Practical English I (for iPMP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5005: Practical English II (for iPMP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5006: Practical English III (for iPMP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5007: Practical English IV (for iPMP students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5008: Academic Writing Skills (for Pre-Masters students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5109: English for Occupational Purposes (for GR students only, offered at Metropolitan and Florham Campuses)

Domestic and International undergraduate students as well as International graduate students may also register in:

  • EPS 1201/EPS 5201: EPS: Global Exchange–New York City as a Classroom (language and culture/elective course)
  • EPS 1209: Advanced English for Occupational Purposes (for UG students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 1219: Advanced English for Academic Purposes (for UG students only, offered only at the Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5209: Advanced English for Occupational Purposes (for GR students only, offered only at Metropolitan Campus)
  • EPS 5219: Advanced English for Academic Purposes (for GR students only, offered only at the Metropolitan Campus)

All the EPS courses, except for EPS 1201/EPS 5201, EPS 1209/EPS 5209, and EPS 1219/ EPS 5219, have a co-requisite lab (i.e. EPS 1014, EPS 1015, EPS 1016, EPS 1017, EPS 1018, EPS 1119, EPS 5014, EPS 5015, EPS 5016, EPS 5017, EPS 5018, and EPS 5119). To exit the program, a student must meet the learning objectives set by the curriculum. Students who fail to meet the minimum standards required to pass the course will have to repeat.

Upon exiting the program, undergraduate students will take the Composition I: Rhetoric and Inquiry course (WRIT 1002) at the Metropolitan Campus or the Florham Campus. Graduate students do not need to take any additional English or writing courses unless required by their own department.

Application of Credits for EPS Courses

International undergraduate students can fulfill a free elective (upon approval of individual academic departments) or partially fulfill the Language and Culture Liberal Arts requirement upon the successful completion of the EPS course:

  • Silberman College of Business: 3 credits may be applied as free elective.
  • Other Metropolitan Campus programs: 3 credits may be applied as language and culture or free elective.

The credits for the EPS courses are not figured into the grade point ratio for graduate students.