The Academic Preparation Program (APP) consists of seven courses:

• ENGL 096A
  20 hours per week, for 7 weeks (140 hours)
• ENGL 096B
  20 hours per week, for 7 weeks (140 hours)
• ENGL 097A
  20 hours per week, for 7 weeks (140 hours)
• ENGL 097B
  20 hours per week, for 7 weeks (140 hours)
• ENGL 098A
  15 hours per week, for 7 weeks (105 hours)
• ENGL 098B
  15 hours per week, for 7 weeks (105 hours)
• ENGL 099
  10 hours per week for 14 weeks (140 hours)

Each of these courses is intensive, requiring more than the normal number of classroom hours; integrated to involve academic reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, and idioms. Each of these courses is completed in one semester. Students taking ENGL 098 are permitted to take two academic courses simultaneously if they have the required prerequisites; students taking ENGL 099 may take up to three simultaneous academic courses. If the student is successful, these academic courses are counted for credit toward the student's Associate of Arts degree program.