Learning Support

Students with Special Needs

Students with documented learning disorders as defined in the USG Academic Affairs Handbook, Section 3.11.1, who are required to enroll in LS, must fulfill all stated requirements, including Learning Support placement, testing, and course requirements.

LS English

Students who are required to take LS English must concurrently enroll in ENGL 0999 Support for English Composition I and ENGL 1101 English Composition I. Students must pass ENGL 1101 with a grade of "C" or better to exit LS English.

Students in LS English who receive a "D" or "F" grade in ENGL 1101 must retake ENGL 1101 with ENGL 0999, regardless of the grade in ENGL 0999.

LS Mathematics

Students in non-STEM majors who are required to take LS Mathematics must concurrently enroll in either

• MATH 0996 Support for Elementary Statistics and MATH 1401 Elementary Statistics, OR
• MATH 0997 Support for Quantitative Reasoning and MATH 1001 Quantitative Reasoning  to exit LS Mathematics.

Students in STEM majors who are required to take LS Mathematics must concurrently enroll in MATH 0999 Support for College and MATH 1111 College Algebra to exit LS Mathematics.

Students who are not eligible to take MATH 0999 and MATH 1111 will be evaluated for the non-STEM Math pathway.

Students must pass MATH 1401 or MATH 1001 or MATH 1111 with a “C” grade or better. Students in LS Mathematics who receive a “D” or “F” grade in MATH 1401 or MATH 1001 or MATH 1111 must retake MATH 1401 or MATH 1001 or MATH 1111 with the appropriate Math support class regardless of the grade in the support Math class. 

LS Registering for Courses

For each semester of enrollment, a student must meet with their academic advisor to register for all required LS courses.  Students are required to register for LS courses before being allowed to register for other courses. If a student is dropped from a LS course during the add/drop period, the student will be dropped from all other courses. This policy applies to both full-time and part-time students.If a student is recorded as a no-show for the LS support and/or the course paired with the LS support class, the student will be dropped from all courses. This policy applies to both full-time and part-time students.

Students enrolled in LS courses are not permitted to enroll for credit or to audit in courses that require the content or skills of the LS course. Academic advisors shall inform students of courses that the LS student is eligible to take.

• Completion or exemption from LS Mathematics is required for Natural and Physical Science courses.
• Completion or exemption from LS Mathematics is required for placement into college level math courses.
• Completion or exemption from LS English is required for Social, Natural, and Physical science courses. 
• Completion or exemption from LS English is required for placement into college level English courses.
• Any courses with prerequisite of any other college-level course would require exit or exemption from related Learning Support requirements.

Students who have acquired 30 or more credit hours and have not exited LS can only enroll in LS courses. Readmitted students who have not satisfied LS requirements and have acquired 30 or more hours during their previous period(s) of enrollment, can only enroll in LS courses. Students with transferred hours or hours completed in a prior earned certificate or degree program, will be permitted to earn an additional 20 credit hours in the student’s current program.

Students who are not required to take LS courses in any subject area, may elect to enroll in LS courses in the non-required area for institutional credit or on an audit basis.