CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH POLICY STATEMENT
NUMBER: 80-10
FILE: Graduate Writing Proficiency Test
Obsolete Policy
SUBJECT: GRADUATE WRITING PROFICIENCY TEST
The following policy statement was recommended by the Academic
Senate at its meeting of October 9, 1980, and approved by the President
on October 29, 1980.
1. The writing proficiency test required for candidates at the
baccalaureate level be used for candidates at the graduate level.
For Master's degree candidates, the writing proficiency test must
be passed prior to advancement to candidacy.
2. The required achievement level be the same for the graduate
students as it is for baccalaureate candidates and that this policy
be reviewed within one year after test norms have been established.
3. Use of the test be consistent with the approved "Policy Statement
on Writing Proficiency."
4. Each School be required to submit (1) a plan that-assesses a
student's proficiency early enough in the program to allow time
for remedial action, (2) a plan for counseling in the event of failure,
and (3) a plan to advise and counsel foreign students.
5. The Writing Proficiency test for graduate students be effective
fall, 1981 semester.
6. Certification be by the same committee that certifies baccalaureate
candidates.
7. A graduate student who has passed the writing proficiency test
continue to be certified with no time limit to such certification.
Effective: Fall 1981, for one year only.
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