AACOMAS English requirement

[NovMSScr]

So basically every DO requires 2 semesters of English/Writing. My university requires that students complete two semesters of writing to graduate but offers only tier I writing courses. In order to satisfy the tier II writing requirement, students have to take a specific course within each major that involves writing and will satisfy this requirement. My question is: When categorizing my classes as I input my transcript, should I classify it under its original subject (microbiology) and then list it as an English class when filling out the individual school's prerequisites? or classify it as writing in my transcript and still list it as an English course for the school's prerequisites?

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[cuwhenucme]

I also have the same question. I have taken an expo writing course and a grammar course (I did two writing assignments). I am not sure if my grammar course will qualify for the Eng writing requirements

 

[Grace184]

Some schools specify as long as it was "writing intensive" it meets one English requirement, so I think you're okay OP (my school specifies writing intensive coupes with a W next to the prefix ie IHP 202W was one of mine)

The grammar course sounds like English- did you label it as such in your transcripts? Did you get verification yet and did they change it? I would personally label it English, I wouldn't know what else grammar would fall into.

 

[NovMSScr]

Some schools specify as long as it was "writing intensive" it meets one English requirement, so I think you're okay OP (my school specifies writing intensive coupes with a W next to the prefix ie IHP 202W was one of mine)

The grammar course sounds like English- did you label it as such in your transcripts? Did you get verification yet and did they change it? I would personally label it English, I wouldn't know what else grammar would fall into.

My school also denotes the writing courses with a "W". Example: mine is "MMG 408 Advanced Microbiology Lab (W)". Currently I have it listed as a Micro class for my transcript input and selected it as an english class in the pre-req input. I tried to email AACOMAS a couple days ago but I either didn't send it to the correct email address or they haven't responded.

 

[cjfarrell21]

So basically every DO requires 2 semesters of English/Writing. My university requires that students complete two semesters of writing to graduate but offers only tier I writing courses. In order to satisfy the tier II writing requirement, students have to take a specific course within each major that involves writing and will satisfy this requirement. My question is: When categorizing my classes as I input my transcript, should I classify it under its original subject (microbiology) and then list it as an English class when filling out the individual school's prerequisites? or classify it as writing in my transcript and still list it as an English course for the school's prerequisites?

I was in a similar situation and listed my science writing class as "writing" and then as an English class in each pre-req. During the verification process AACOMAS re-categorizes everything. Mine got reorganized as a science class, so I've been reaching out to individual DO schools to see if my science writing class is ok as a writing vs. science. Hopefully you don't have to do the same, but I would list it as writing and see what AACOMAS does during verification

 

[oceanman]

I was in a similar situation and listed my science writing class as "writing" and then as an English class in each pre-req. During the verification process AACOMAS re-categorizes everything. Mine got reorganized as a science class, so I've been reaching out to individual DO schools to see if my science writing class is ok as a writing vs. science. Hopefully you don't have to do the same, but I would list it as writing and see what AACOMAS does during verification

I did the same exact thing, but I haven't been verified yet. I'm sure they'll recategorize mine too. Back when I was assigning pre-reqs to each school, I called a few regarding the English requirement. VCOM was the only school to answer my call and told me that it was fine. They realize that every school has different English requirements to graduate (some want English composition courses, others accept Writing courses). Therefore, for the English requirement VCOM accepts whatever your university requires to graduate. And that's great! Not sure about other schools, but VCOM does this.