Intensive English Language Program

Strickler Hall, 207

University of Louisville

2301 S. Third Street

Louisville, KY 40292

phone: 502/852-5901

fax: 502/852-2880

The Department of English of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville offers a full-time program of post-secondary intensive English (IELP) for international students who expect to enroll in an academic program at an American college or university. We accept applications from students who have completed secondary school with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 (a grade of C). Applicants who have gone beyond the secondary level must also meet the minimum GPA requirement in their coursework.

Our course is intensive and applicants must have prior formal instruction in English. The minimum English prerequisite is satisfactory performance (minimum grade of C) in a full-year course of high school English or a semester at the post-secondary level. Applicants without previous formal instruction in English, but with several years' permanent residence in the United States, may qualify for admission.

We review applications and admit qualified students throughout the year for the fall and spring semesters. During the semester, students attend classes for 20 hours a week (Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.) in reading, vocabulary, writing, structure, and listening/speaking.

We also offer Communication in English (CIE), a part-time evening class. CIE is designed to help non-native speakers of English (high-intermediate to advanced proficiency) become more effective communicators. Classroom activities are designed to give participants the opportunity to improve conversational and written fluency and to practice the language needed in professional interactions such as discussions and presentations.

Applications for both the full-time IELP program and the evening class are accepted throughout the year for enrollment according to the IELP program schedule.

group conference The Intensive English office has moved to Strickler Hall, Room 207 (West Wing). For more information, please contact Barbara Brown or Nancy Henry at 502-852-5901, or email our program at iesl@louisville.edu. Strickler Hall is building #88 on the Belknap Campus map.