RD095 to RD120

(Information provided by Michel Leger on 7/16/13)

Occasionally the following scenario comes up, and because it’s ONLY occasionally, we have to review it. A student places into RD095, and completes the course with an A. The student ALSO qualifies for EN101 or EN101A, either through placement or through completion of EN001 or EN002 with an A or a B. There is a mechanism for him to bypass RD099 and take RD120 WITH EN101A.

Here's the way it's always worked (on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, anyway):

IF a student gets an A in RD095, AND that student gets an invitation from his RD095 Prof to take the "advancement exam" (which is the final for RD099), AND the student gets an 80% or higher on THAT exam, THEN the student is given the option of taking RD120 ALONG WITH EN101A (even if s/he placed into EN101); OR, of course, the student has the right to take RD099 anyway BEFORE taking EN101 or 101A (depending on THAT placement).

So the student ends up still taking a second RD course in any case.

Students who are allowed to go from RD095 to RD120 should NOT be given overrides into EN101, but WILL require overrides into BOTH RD120 and EN101A (since 101, with or without the A, requires RD120 as the assessment level and the override for RD120 will not change the assessment levels in SOATEST.

The advancement to RD120 and the override for the student (who according to SOATEST should be taking RD099) to take RD120 is CONTINGENT on the student CO-registering for EN101A—in other words, as far as I know students are NOT given the option of taking RD120 WITH EN101 or taking it BEFORE they take EN101. The option to take RD120 rather than RD099 is a package deal: RD120 WITH EN101A (NOT EN101).