EAP Course Schedule

000 Level Courses

EAP 098: Individualized Language Instruction. 0 credits.
Individualized language instruction for Pathway students. Focus on reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 4 credits.
Schedule Type: Independent Study
Grading:
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.
EAP 099: Individualized Language Instruction. 0 credits.
Individualized language instruction for Pathway students. Focus on reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 4 credits.
Schedule Type: Independent Study
Grading:
This course is graded on the Satisfactory/No Credit scale.

100 Level Courses

EAP 100: Special Topics. 0-8 credits.
EAP 100 is to be used as an incubator for special topics courses under development in the Undergraduate Pathway program at INTO Mason. EAP 100 will be used for the various content-based English Language Support courses that are paired with major or content courses required by Undergraduate Pathways students. Language support courses such as EAP 100 run concurrently with credit-bearing undergraduate content course. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 12 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 101: Language Support for Fundamentals of Communication. 1 credit.
Academic Language support course for Fundamentals of Communication. Focus on increasing students' comprehension and use of key grammatical structures, vocabulary, word forms, and reading/annotation strategies in oral speech and group discussions. Notes: Students must attain minimum grade of C to fulfill program requirements. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Corequisite: COMM 101
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 102: Language Support for American Cultures. 1 credit.
Academic language support course for Undergraduate Pathways students taking American Cultures. Designed to increase students' ability to comprehend and respond to readings, discussions, and lectures related to American Cultures. Emphasizes the development of successful strategies for intrapersonal and small/large group communication activities, student familiarity with anthropological and sociological terminology and effective application of reading /annotating strategies. Also listed as PROV 102. Notes: Students must attain minimum grade of C to fulfill program requirements. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 3 credits.
Recommended Corequisite: PROV 105.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 104: Language Support World History. 1 credit.
Academic language support course for Introduction to World History. Focus on increasing students' comprehension and use of key grammatical structures, vocabulary, word forms, and reading/annotating strategies in literacy/reading. Notes: Students must attain minimum grade of C to fulfill program requirements. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 3 credits.
Recommended Corequisite: HIST 125.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 108: Language Support for Business and Society. 1 credit.
Academic language support course for Undergraduate Pathway students taking Business in American Society. This course is designed to increase students' ability to read and analyze qualitative and quantitative information, understand and use business terminology, and utilize oral English fluency and literacy practices/strategies in anticipation of group discussions, debates, and oral/written critiques of business-related current events. Also listed as PROV 108. Notes: Students must attain minimum grade of C to fulfill program requirements. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 3 credits.
Recommended Corequisite: BUS 100
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 110: English Language, Composition & Academic Skills for Multilingual Students. 6 credits.
EAP 110 is a composition course that integrates language instruction with composition instruction as a way of preparing multilingual undergraduate students to be successful academic writers across the curriculum. EAP 110 will focus on critical reading skills across multiple genres. This process will involve annotating, summarizing, and analyzing texts and will serve as the foundation for academic writing in the International Year One Program and beyond. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Special scale.
EAP 116: English & Disciplinary Skills for Multilingual Students. 2 credits.
This is a language and academic skills course that focuses on developing English language, critical thinking and studentship skills employed by successful engineers, scientists, computer scientists, mathematicians and other STEM professionals; that is, the habits of mind used when writing and producing work within a discipline. In addition, to continue development of the language skills acquired in EAP 110, students will work on developing project analysis habits of mind as well as time and project management skills. This class is based on investigating a problem/theme/issue/situation from a disciplinary stance. Potential approaches to the problems will be developed in teams and presented by those teams in project reports and posters. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Registration Restrictions:

Required Prerequisite: EAP 110C.
C Requires minimum grade of C.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Special scale.
EAP 121: Enhanced Composition for Academic Purposes. 4 credits.
EAP 121 is a composition course that integrates language instruction with composition instruction as a way of preparing multilingual students to be successful academic writers across the curriculum. Focus on connecting rhetorical elements with English language features across texts serves to make the process of writing in English more fluid and intuitive. Focus on critical reading skills across multiple genres, and analyzing texts serves as the foundation for academic writing in the International Year One Program and beyond. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

400 Level Courses

EAP 401: Advanced English Grammar for Multilingual Students. 0-1 credits.
The goal of this course is for multilingual students with high-intermediate to advanced English language proficiency to achieve greater grammatical accuracy in their writing and speech. Through online asynchronous instruction and assignments – as well as one-on-one online meetings with English language tutors – students will focus on discrete areas of sentence-level grammar. The course utilizes a “building block” approach that begins with basic parts of speech, progressing through phrases, clauses, and multi-clause structures. Required course for Graduate Pathway students, but open to all multilingual students at Mason. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 1 credits.
Schedule Type: Independent Study
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 405: Special Topics in Advanced English for Academic Purposes. 1-6 credits.
This special topics course is tailored to international students who received their undergraduate degrees outside the United States. The course provides intensive practice and individualized feedback in advanced communication methods appropriate at the graduate level. Offered by INTO Mason. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits. Equivalent to EAP 505.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree at a university outside of the US.
Recommended Corequisite: Admission to INTO Mason pathway program or with permission of INTO Mason.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 410: Language Support for International Students. 2 credits.
This course is designed for international pathway students to take in the first half of their first pathway semester before they are engaged in full-time graduate coursework. In order to help students with acculturation and preparation for graduate study, this course develops receptive skills (i.e., reading and listening) needed for success in specific courses they are taking at GMU in their first pathway (non-degree) semester, both their disciplinary courses and their other pathway courses. The course’s main focus is help international students prepare to navigate their graduate coursework to build confidence and agency for future study. This includes helping students understand written guidelines and prompts, develop reading skills, utilize rubrics, respond to instructor feedback, and develop strategies for completing complex reading and writing assignments. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
EAP 411: Language Support for International Business Students. 2 credits.
This foundational course introduces international Business Management graduate pathway students to the preliminary speaking and listening skills needed to comprehend and respond to academic and professional texts e.g. classroom lectures, TEDTalk presentations, etc. In this course, students practice the aforementioned skills through a range of individual and group activities typical for a graduate-level seminar. In addition to developing their speaking and listening, this course also prepares students for their matriculation interviews with the Costello College of Business by utilizing a series of exploratory activities to identify, reflect on, and articulate the students’ personal, academic, and professional goals and values, the relationship between the latter and the field’s values and norms, and the students’ readiness for Mason’s graduate Business programs. Offered by INTO Mason. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

500 Level Courses

EAP 503: Interpersonal Communication for International Students: Practicum and Theory. 2 credits.
The course requires that students use intensive practice in oral communication contexts typical at universities to build knowledge and skills for informal interpersonal communication settings with faculty, peers, and students, and skills needed for formal presentations, class discussion, and tutoring. Readings & assignments cover research on first impression management; informative and explanatory communication; conveying emotional support; listening, and narrative skill. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree at a university outside of the US.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
EAP 504: Advanced English for Academic Purposes Reading and Writing. 2 credits.
This 8-week course is designed for graduate international students who are studying abroad, emphasizing advanced skill development in graduate-level English for Academic Purposes for reading and writing within their disciplines. Utilizing a multimodal and interactive format, students will complete guided and independent research papers as well as read, discuss and write about excerpts from college texts and academic journals. Notes: In as much as possible, materials for the course will be discipline specific and individualized course goals will be determined by the needs of the students and their cultural experiences. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to English Language, Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
EAP 505: Special Topics in Advanced English for Academic Purposes. 2 credits.
This special topics course is tailored to international students who received their undergraduate degrees outside the United States. The course provides intensive practice and individualized feedback in advanced communication methods appropriate at the graduate level. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree at a university outside of the US.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Enrollment limited to students in the INTO Mason college.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
EAP 506: Graduate Communication in the Disciplines I. 4 credits.
Students develop strategies for completing research-based writing and presentations in their field and review rhetorical structures and organizational strategies common to US scholarly communications generally and in their particular field. Students will practice strategies at the sentence and discourse levels to increase the clarity, precision, and appropriateness of their communication skills. Group instruction will be supplemented by one-on-one conferencing. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree at a university outside of the US.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to English Language, Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Enrollment limited to students in the INTO Mason college.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
EAP 507: Advanced Graduate Communication Across the Disciplines. 3-4 credits.
Students develop strategies for completing research-based writing and presentations in their field. Students review rhetorical structures and organizational strategies common to US scholarly communications generally and in their particular field. Students also review and practice strategies at sentence and discourse levels to increase the clarity, precision, and appropriateness of their communication skills. Group instruction will be supplemented by one-on-one conferencing as students complete a major graduate-level project. Notes: This course may not count towards academic degree requirements at the graduate level without permission from the academic dean/director. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: EAP 506.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Enrollment limited to students in the INTO Mason college.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
EAP 508: Graduate Communication in the Disciplines III. 4 credits.
Students develop strategies for completing research-based writing and presentations in their field. Students will review rhetorical structures and organizational strategies common to US academic scholarly communications generally and in their particular field. Students will also review and practice strategies at the sentence and discourse levels to increase the clarity, precision and appropriateness of their oral and written communication skills. Group instruction will be supplemented by one-on-one conferencing as students complete a major graduate-level project. Notes: This course may not count towards academic degree requirements at the graduate level without permission from the academic dean/director. Offered by INTO Mason. May not be repeated for credit.
Recommended Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree at a university outside the United States.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.