Intensive English Program (IEP)

The Intensive English Program (IEP) at USI helps international students, scholars, and professionals to develop English language skills, academic strategies, and cultural knowledge necessary for success in academic programs and professional settings in the United States.

The program provides non-native English-speaking students with the resources and opportunities to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to a level appropriate for university study and to equip them with the academic strategies necessary for successful study in a language and culture that may differ from their native language and/or culture. The IEP also prepares students to pass proficiency standards for the TOEFL test.

Upon successful completion of the Intensive English Program, a written exam administered by USI’s Composition Program and English Department will be used to determine placement into the appropriate level of freshman composition: ENG100/101/201.

Program Format

Upon enrollment, students are given a placement test (CaMLA) to determine level of proficiency. The IEP has six levels. Each level includes courses in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and English for specific purposes and TOEFL preparation in the higher levels to be administered in eight-week terms with twenty-one to twenty-three hours of instruction per week. Units provide students with intensive instruction in the four skills with embedded cultural learning in order to reach the high standards of quality education.

Please see GENS 094 under which IEP is coded.

For more information, visit www.usi.edu/iep