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TSI Developmental Program

Texas Tech University provides the courses listed below for students who are required to complete a developmental education program:

READING:
TSI 0101In Class Skills Developmental Reading I
TSI 0201In Class Skills Developmental Reading II
TSI 0301In Class Skills Developmental Reading III

WRITING:
TSI 0103In Class Skills Developmental Writing I
TSI 0203In Class Skills Developmental Writing II
TSI 0303In Class Skills Developmental Writing III
ENGL 0301Developmental Writing

MATHEMATICS:
TSI 0102Developmental Mathematics I: Basic Mathematics
TSI 0202Developmental Mathematics II: Beginning Algebra
TSI 0302Developmental Mathematics III: Intermediate Algebra
MATH 0301Essential Mathematics
MATH 0302Intermediate Algebra

Once students have completed remediation (passed the required developmental education courses), they are placed in TSI 0471, TSI 0472, and TSI 0473; these are not developmental courses, they are used to identify students who have successfully completed remediation but have not satisfied all TSI requirements.

Any students enrolled in courses beginning with "TSI" are billed $37.00; the students do not earn credit hours, and the courses do not apply toward a degree plan.

"C" or Better Courses

Once students have completed remediation , they are eligible to register for the state approved "C" or better courses listed below. If students succeed in these courses with a "C" or better, they are declared "TSI Complete".

Reading:Any political science or history courses.

Writing:ENGL 1301
ENGL 1302

Mathematics:Any math course.

Students who have passed any of the TSI approved tests may begin the next semester without mandatory skills development. Students who re-take one of the TSI approved tests and pass will be declared "TSI Complete" and will not have to complete the current registered remedial course.