Visit Health Watch for COVID-19 updates. Find Employee Return to Campus and Student Return to Campus information.
Emergency Notification
Our Zoom hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12pm
Your success is our priority!
Welcome to Early Academic Preparation! EAP is responsible for programs and services designed for first-time students. Our mission is to ensure students have the support they need as they transition to the unviersity by providing them with the tools necessary for a successful first year experience.
Our Programs & Services
Early Assessment Program (EAP)
The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is used by the CSU in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics to determine a student's Early Assessment Program status. In the spring of their high school junior year, students take the CAASPP English Language Arts/Literacy, and math exams, also referred to as SBAC.
Summer Connections 2023
Summer Connections gives incoming first-year students an opportunity to enroll in math or an English course the summer before they begin! Classes are interactive and designed to connect students with classmates, faculty, and the campus while giving them a head start! Participation is based on CSU multiple measures.
ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning
ALEKS Placement, Preparation, and Learning (or ALEKS PPL) is a comprehensive approach to accurately assess and prepare students for success in math courses available to stem students in the Natural and Social Sciences (NSS). With an adaptive, open-response assessment, ALEKS PPL accurately places college students into higher-level math courses.
Proctoring Services
We offer testing services for students at Cal State LA and the surrounding community. We aim to provide a comfortable testing environment, appropriate accommodations, and practice professional testing standards.
Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)
Undergraduate Students: The following list courses serve to satisfy the Upper Division Writing Requirement and if passed with a grade of C or better, will satisfy the CSU Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR). Please note that a grade of C- will not satisfy the GWAR. Students who earn a grade of C- or lower on the GWAR course for their major will need to repeat the course or take a different GWAR course. Courses are discipline specific and may not serve as good alternatives for students who are not in that discipline.
List of Approved GWAR Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Students: Policy states that International Graduate Students who graduate from universities where English is NOT the primary language of instruction and do not meet other exemptions (41+ on the CBEST or 4+ on the GRE/GMAT) must take one of the following Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWRA) courses:
List of Approved GWAR Graduate courses
For any questions regarding the GWAR, you can email us at [email protected]
Contact Us
Email us at [email protected]
