Catalog - Virginia Intermont College

Academic Program 66
Competency requirements are outlined as follows:
1. All students must satisfy the first half of the writing competency
requirement by completing (through traditional, advanced placement
or CLEP credit) English 101-Composition and English 102-Composition
and Literature before they have completed fifty-six (56) semester
hours of course work. Every student will complete English 101 and
102 at Virginia Intermont unless he or she has already completed and
transferred English 101 and 102 credit (traditional, advanced placement
or CLEP credit) by the time he or she enrolls at Virginia Intermont, or
unless he or she completes English 101 and/or English 102 at another
institution after enrolling at Virginia Intermont.
2. All students must satisfy the second half of the writing competency
requirement by passing the Writing Competency Assessment Test (WCAT),
after completing English 101 and 102 and by or before completing their
fifty-sixty (56) semester hour. Students who have not yet completed
English 101 and 102 by their fifty-sixth semester hour must still take the
WCAT by or before completing their fifty-sixth semester hour. Students
who transfer in to Virginia Intermont having already completed fifty-six
hours or more will take the WCAT immediately. The WCAT will require
students to write an expository essay that demonstrates college-level
skills in content development, organization, coherence, unity, sentence
construction, diction, grammar, and usage.
3. Students who do not pass the WCAT can satisfy the second half of the
writing competency requirement by successfully completing English
210, a one-hour writing course designed to help them improve
their writing skills. After they are notified that they have failed the
WCAT, students must enroll in the next available section of English
210. Students in the course earn grades of A, B, C, D, or F. In order
to fulfill the requirement, the student must earn a grade of “C” or
higher. Students may repeat the course until they earn an A, B, or C.
Students with special needs or circumstances should talk with the
English Program Coordinator about alternative ways to satisfy the
College’s writing competency requirement.
Residence Requirement
For the Bachelor’s degrees, students must have been in residence for a minimum
of nine months or two semesters. For degree completion, at least 25 percent
of credit semester hours must be earned through instruction offered by Virginia
Intermont College. At least 30 of the last 36 semester hours must be taken at
Virginia Intermont College 2012–2013 College Catalog