The Catholic University of America

Intensive English Program

Applicants for Summer 2012:

The deadline to apply for the six-week summer session was Thursday, March 15, 2012.  You can no longer apply for the May 28 start-date.

Placement Testing for Summer 2012:

Monday, May 28 at 8:00 am in B-2 Gibbons Hall.  Classes begin on Tuesday, May 29. 

Summer Session: May 28 - July 5

 

Applicants for Fall 2012:

The deadline to apply for the Fall 2012 semester is Friday, June 1, 2012.  You must submit all of your materials by this date in order to be considered for the program.

Placement Testing for Fall 2012:

Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24 at 8:00 am in B-2 Gibbons Hall.  Classes begin on Monday, August 27, 2012.

 

Where?
 
Gibbons Hall, B-2 and B-4
 
Minutes away on the subway from Washington's finest monuments and museums, The Catholic University of America (CUA), founded in 1887, combines the peace and quiet of a campus atmosphere with the excitement of a large cosmopolitan city -- the capital of the United States of America.
 
Who?
The Intensive English Program (IEP) was established in 1983 for undergraduate and graduate international students whose application to an academic program needs the support of further training in English, the language of instruction.
 
After their English studies, or concurrently with them, most of our students pursue an academic degree at CUA. The program includes a heavy emphasis on academic language skills at the highest levels.
 
What?
The intensive language courses for international students cover all language skills at four levels of proficiency, as well as American culture and American literature, vocabulary development, listening to academic lectures, etc. The lowest level of language training is high-beginning. The highest level of intensive training is high-intermediate.
 
The courses below high-intermediate are not for academic credit, but the hours taken at these levels count toward a student's full-time status required by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
 
Some classes at the high-intermediate level are for academic credit. Qualified students at the high-intermediate level may also take a maximum of 3 undergraduate credits in an academic program. The advanced level is non-intensive and also offers undergraduate academic credit.
 
When?
IEP follows the two-semester system. Each semester lasts 15 weeks and starts at approximately the same time every year: the first semester starts in the last week of August; the second semester at the beginning of January.
 
Instruction is for at least 18 hours per week for students admitted on a student visa (F-1). Classes meet on every day of the week in the morning and afternoon.
 
Why?
The average class size is 12, which allows for a lot of individual instructional attention and close monitoring of progress. Normally, highly motivated students at the low-intermediate level do not spend more than two semesters in the language training program. 
 
Students who do not hold a student visa can take classes on a part-time basis. Students already matriculated in a degree granting program may take one or more IEP classes as part of their full-time load.
 
For Admissions and necessary forms, click "Admissions" tab to the left.