FAQs
What is FCP?
Freshmore Communication Program is a mandatory no fuss six weeks crash course designed to bring all undergraduates’ academic writing up to speed.
This mandatory module will take place in term 3.
What is FEP?
The FEP, or the Freshmore English Programme is a 4-week (4 hours per week) English module that is offered in term 1 for selected freshmore students. Lessons are conducted twice a week, for 2 hours at a time. This is a Pass/Fail module and the grades will appear on the student’s transcript when they graduate from SUTD. Students have to pass FEP in order to graduate.
During the module, students will have the opportunity to learn essay writing skills and techniques, pick up close reading and critical reading skills, learn textual analysis and write critical responses to academic based articles.
The English Writing Entrance Test (EWET) in SUTD
The EWET is the English Writing Entrance Test conducted by SUTD for selected Freshmore students in term 1. It is an English Diagnostic Test run by the Centre for Writing and Rhetoric (CWR) to ensure that undergraduate students have the necessary skills to cope with HASS readings, essays and other modules that require some form of writing. Students who fail the EWET are not expected to withdraw from SUTD. However, they are required to take two additional modules – Freshmore English Programme in term 1, as well as Freshmore Communication Programme in term 3, during their Freshmore year.
Freshmore English Programme (FEP)
- Duration: Eight weeks (16 hours); weekly (2hrs)
- Start: first term – academic week three
- Outcome: This is a Pass/Fail module and the grades will appear on the student’s transcript when they graduate from SUTD. Students have to pass FEP in order to graduate.
During the module, students will have the opportunity to learn essay writing skills and techniques, pick up close reading and critical reading skills, learn textual analysis and write critical responses to academic based articles.
Exemptions will be given for students who meet the criteria stated in the table below. If students submit more than one category of scores, the category with the higher score will be considered for the exemption.
| Examination Body | Subject | ǰ |
| Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Level | General Paper (H1 Level GP) | C and above |
| Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Level | Knowledge Inquiry (KI) | C and above |
| International Baccalaureate (IB) | Theory of Knowledge | C and above |
| NUS High School of Mathematics and Science | For students from Class of 2021 and later
EL5131: Critical Reading and Writing II: The Global Connection; or EL6131: Critical reading and writing III: Emerging issues in a changing world; or EL6132 Language for Personal & Professional Communication |
B- and above |
| NUS High School of Mathematics and Science | For students from Class of 2020 and earlier
EL5101 Language in Society II and EL6103 Language in Society |
B and above in both |
All students without the above minimum qualifications and scores must take the EWET.
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