Curriculum

IEP Courses

The Intensive English Program offers a serious intensive English language training program that stresses academic English and university preparation. IEP courses are taught by USF faculty in the Department of Rhetoric & Language.

IEP curriculum features:

  • 25 hours of instruction per week
  • Courses focusing on Integrated Skills (academic reading, writing, and grammar) and Oral Communication Skills (listening, speaking, fluency, and pronunciation in academic and conversational situations)
  • Courses offered at the intermediate and advanced levels
  • TOEFL preparation workshops

Summer Course Schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Integrated Skills
9:30 - 12:20
Integrated Skills
9:30 - 12:20
Integrated Skills
9:30 - 12:20
Integrated Skills
9:30 - 12:20
Integrated Skills
9:30 - 12:20
Lunch
12:20 - 1:30
Lunch
12:20 - 1:30
Lunch
12:20 - 1:30
Lunch
12:20 - 1:30
Lunch
12:20 - 1:30
Oral Comm. Skills
1:30 - 3:20
Oral Comm. Skills
1:30 - 3:20
Oral Comm. Skills
1:30 - 3:20
Oral Comm. Skills
1:30 - 3:20
Oral Comm. Skills
1:30 - 3:20

Note: The IEP offers courses at the intermediate and advanced levels. Students who do not have recent TOEFL or IELTS score at the time of applying will be given an English placement test upon arrival to the IEP.  Students who do not test into the intermediate level will be counseled to seek another language program in San Francisco that offers beginning level courses.