Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP)

Apply online for Fall 2010 CEP Classes

The CEP is a one-year, full-time program of English language academic preparation designed for students of art, design, and architecture who intend to continue in their fields of study at Pratt Institute or other art colleges in the United States. It is particularly helpful for applicants to Pratt Institute degree programs who have not yet achieved the requisite TOEFL score for admission, as well as for students who recognize the need to improve their level of English proficiency before matriculating in a degree program at the Institute. Students who are accepted for the CEP program are issued I-20 forms from Pratt Institute for two semesters of English instruction on our Brooklyn campus.

The Courses

At Pratt, we take English language learning and teaching very seriously. Classes are taught by faculty teams working together to create the most balanced and effective learning experience in all language skill areas. The CEP program curriculum emphasizes practical, communicative, student-centered instruction in every aspect of English reading, writing, speaking, and listening. During each 15-week semester, participants take four skill-focused, content-based courses designed to prepare students not only for the Internet-based TOEFL (iBT), but also for academic success beyond the CEP Program. Sample course themes include:

• Designing Public Spaces

• Art and Technology

• What is Beauty?

• Artists and Society

• Lifestyle by Design: Consumerism and Identity

• International New York: City as Text

 

CEP Admission

Enrollment in the Certificate of English Proficiency program is limited; not all applicants to the program will be accepted. Those international students wishing to apply to the CEP must complete a Program Application, a SEVIS I-20 request form, and a Statement of Purpose prior to the admission deadlines for each semester. Upon acceptance, enrollees will be required to take an English language examination for placement purposes. Completion of the CEP program in no way guarantees or implies current or future acceptance into any Pratt Institute degree-conferring program following certification. CEP participants are not allowed to enroll in or to attend credit-bearing undergraduate or graduate classes while studying in the CEP. Students who start the CEP in the fall may need to remain in the program for two semesters. Application to degree programs must be made separately. Please note that most degree programs at Pratt Institute do not admit new students in the spring.

We recommend that students with TOEFL scores as follows apply to the CEP Program:

• Graduates: between 500 and 549 (PBT) or 173 and 212 (CBT) or 61 and 79-80 (iBT).

• Undergraduates: between 475 and 529 (PBT) or 152 and 196 (CBT) or 53 and 71 (iBT).