Enrollment Information and Course Overview

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Enrollment Information and Course Overview

EFS courses are intended for matriculated Stanford graduate students and are for academic credit only. Auditing is not allowed, and we cannot accept visiting students. Note that instructors will generally not be able to accommodate students who miss the first week of classes, and all EFS courses have a 90% attendance requirement for passing. If you are not enrolled for the first class meeting of a course, please contact the instructor to be sure that you will be allowed in before signing up late on AXESS. Click here for more details.

Please read the instructions below carefully.

1) If you know which course or courses you want to take, go to the Online Enrollment Page.

2) If you would like to see the course descriptions go to Course Descriptions

3) If you would like advice on which courses might be best for you, click on the following links:
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English Courses for International Students

Students typically enroll in English courses three to six hours per week. These courses confer academic credit and all are graded on a Satisfactory (S)/No Credit (NC) basis. Note that these are 3-unit courses, meeting twice a week for 75 minutes (with the exception of 693B, which meets just once a week). However, during the academic year, they may be taken for 1, 2, or 3 units. Only the 3-unit option is available in summer.

Entry to Graduate Study: Click here for course descriptions
1-3 units

EFS 690A	Interacting in English
EFS 690B	Academic Discussion
EFS 693A	Listening Comprehension
EFS 693B	Advanced Listening Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
EFS 693R	Graduate Reading and Vocabulary Development
EFS 695A	Pronunciation and Intonation
EFS 697	Writing Fundamentals
EFS 698A	Writing Academic English

Advanced Academic & Professional Development: Click here for course descriptions
1-3 units

EFS 690C	Advanced Interacting in English
EFS 691	Oral Presentation
EFS 692	Speaking and Teaching in English
EFS 694	English for Business, Industry, and Professional Life
EFS 695B	Advanced Pronunciation and Intonation
EFS 696	Understanding American Humor
EFS 698B	Advanced Graduate Writing
EFS 698C	Writing and Presenting Research

Courses for Teacher Preparation (in the Linguistics Department)

Ling 90	Teaching Spoken English
Ling 191/291	Linguistics and the Teaching of ESL/EFL

Updated July 30, 2014