Undergraduate applicants who submit a high B1 English proficiency score and meet all other admission requirements will be admitted in full with prescribed
I SUCCEED Course Packageduring the first semester of study to ensure academic success.
Academic Benefits
Personalized advisement from the moment you apply through the end of the first semester.
An instructing team specially trained to teach international students.
A curriculum built to develop academic skills and reinforce language and culture knowledge
for the US university.
14 credits earned towards your degree including 5 credits meeting general education
requirements at Missouri State University.
A balance of classes with international and domestic peers.
Access to an after-class conversation circle program to meet and interact with domestic
and international students in a friendly environment.
Financial Benefits
When you choose to invest in your academic success, you automatically qualify for the IPFW scholarship that will reduce tuition costs until you graduate from MSU:per credit hour cost will be $372.75 instead of $621!
Prescribed Coursework Information
High B1 admits will be automatically enrolled in these 5 courses.
No course should be added or dropped without special permission.
Any course receiving a failing grade should be repeated the following semester.
GEP 101 A course to learn about university studies at MSU
An integrative and interdisciplinary seminar designed to introduce students to the
public affairs mission, improve students’ academic skills, develop a foundational
knowledge of university resources, and facilitate students’ successful transition
to Missouri State University's community of scholars.
Credit Hours: 2 General Education Course: Foundations
An interdisciplinary study of other cultures while living and studying in an international
venue. Through history, language, literature, sociology and other disciplines the
student will acquire a deeper understanding of another culture and of the American
culture.
Credit Hours: 3 General Education Course: Focus on Cultural Competence
LCR 297 An Intermediate English language course focusing on the reception and interpretation
of academic oral discourse
Students reinforce academic listening proficiency and acquireAdvanced Mid-Level competence in the interpretive and interpersonalcommunicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products, and practices of
English language users in an academic context.
Credit Hours: 3
LCR 297 An Intermediate English language course focusing production and presentation of academic
oral discourse
Students reinforce academic speaking proficiency and acquireAdvanced Mid-Level competence in theinterpretive,interpersonaland presentational communicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products,
and practices of English language users in an academic context.
Credit Hours: 3
LCR 397 An Advanced English language course focusing on the reception and interpretation
of academic texts
Students reinforce academic reading proficiency and acquireAdvanced High-Level competence in the interpretive and interpersonal communicative modes while continuing to explore the cultural perspectives, products,
and practices of English language users in an academic context.
Credit Hours: 3
Score Submission Policy
Test scores must be obtained during the same testing session and presented in a single
test report.
The test score submitted during the initial application will be taken into account
to determine the admission option.
Option 2 applicants may resubmit a higher test score for admission without prescribed
coursework until May 1st for Fall applications and October 1st for Spring applications.
New English test scores submitted after the deadline will not be considered unless
the applicant defers to the following semester.
Meet your Advisor
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Hello! My role is to support new international undergraduate students providing them
key information and guidance from the first day of orientation. I have been at MSU
since 1998. I can speak French and Spanish.
