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Note: Students applying with transfer courses from other post-secondary institutions will fall into one of two categories: (1) those with fewer than 24 credit hours of transferable work, or (2) those with 24 credit hours or more of transferable work. Students in the first category will be considered equivalent to "direct from high school" for admissions purposes and must meet the same minimum writing and quantitative standards as students entering from high school. Transferring students from the second category must meet the requirements for admission by college transfer, as outlined below.
Direct admission from Grade 12
Applicants must have a minimum grade of 60% or higher in a course equivalent to (or more advanced than) English 12 or English Literature 12 (more advanced English courses would include Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate) to be considered for admission to SFU. Applicants who fall below 60% will not be admitted until they establish that they have acquired the necessary proficiency in written English.
(a) Students with English 12 grades of 75% or higher are admitted and eligible to register directly into writing-intensive (W) courses.
(b) Students with English 12 grades between 60% and 74% are admitted and must write the Language Proficiency Index test (LPI) or register directly into Foundations of Academic Literacy (FAL X99).
(i) Students who opt to write the LPI exam must achieve a score of 4 on the essay portion of the LPI and a minimum score of 50% on all parts of the LPI to be eligible to register in W courses. Students who score below this threshold must register in FAL X99. BC highschool students are encouraged to write the LPI at test sittings held in their schools. Because LPI testing sites are generally limited to locations within BC, out-of-province applicants with English 12 grades below 75% will be able to access sittings at SFU. Such students are advised to write the LPI as early as possible in their first semester at SFU.
(ii) Students who elect or must register in FAL X99 must do so within their first 30 credits at SFU and complete it with a grade of C or better within their first 45 credits before being allowed to register in a W course.
Admission by college or university transfer
Students transferring from other post-secondary institutions must either:
(a) obtain a grade of C- or better in a college English course that is transferable to SFU for English (ENGL) credit, designated or undesignated (no LPI score required); or
(b) obtain a grade of C- or better in a college course that is certified W by SFU and articulates to a W course at SFU (no LPI score required).
If students cannot meet either of these conditions, literacy admission requirements shall be the same as for secondary school graduates (see Direct Admission from Grade 12 above).
International applicants
There are no changes to admission standards for International applicants. International applicants may satisfy SFU's literacy competency requirement in one of several ways. Applicants may submit an acceptable IELTS score. Applicants admitted on the basis of their IELTS score will be "streamed" into W courses or the Foundations of Academic Literacy course on the basis of that score. Applicants admitted on the basis of a score earned on a different English language proficiency test (e.g., TOEFL, CAEL, etc.) will also be required to take the LPI before the conclusion of their first semester at SFU.
International students who score below 5 on the essay portion of the LPI, or who fail to obtain an acceptable score on an equivalent exam, will be required to withdraw from any W course in which they may have registered and to register instead in an appropriate program or pre-W course (which, depending on the student’s level of competence, might be the Foundations in Academic Literacy course, the English Bridge Program, or the English Language and Culture Program). |