The Intensive English Program (IEP) offers 16-week sessions during the fall and spring semesters and an eight-week session during the summer. The IEP believes in providing personalized instruction, consequently, the class size is kept small (12 students on the average), allowing each student to receive a large amount of individual attention.Courses are available for students with beginning, intermediate and advanced English proficiency. Students are placed in one of five levels of proficiency as determined by the results of the placement test administered at the beginning of the term. Students receive a minimum of 20 hours of instruction per week. The curriculum includes instruction in grammar, writing, reading, speaking, pronunciation, listening, vocabulary and library skills. In the higher levels, the program has a strong academic focus, students work on improving reading skills, writing research papers, developing note-taking skills and communicating effectively in a university setting.