CLASS INFORMATION AND SESSION CALENDARS

About CLASS INFORMATION AND SESSION CALENDARS
Classes are small, with most ELI classes having 16 or fewer participants. Classes prepare you for success in an American college or university and introduce you to U.S. culture and university life. Classes meet 20 hours a week, Monday through Thursday.
You will be assigned to one of five curriculum levels, based on your placement test results. ELI participants must spend additional time preparing and studying for their classes, and those who have successfully completed one level will be promoted to the next level.
Classes in the Intensive program begin at 9 a.m. and run through 3 p.m.
Certificates
At the end of each term, certificates will be awarded to all participants who complete the ELI program and are ready to apply for regular admission to a college or university.
The certificate of program completion from the English Language Institute at Georgia Gwinnett College is recognized by the University System of Georgia as proof of English proficiency and fulfills the English proficiency requirement to be admitted to bachelor's degree programs at Georgia Gwinnett College.
ELI Session Calendars
- Aug. 7: Orientation and placement testing
- Aug. 11: Session begins
- Aug. 15: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Sept. 1: Labor Day
- Sept. 8: Mid-session progress verification
- Oct. 2: Session ends
- Oct. 9: Orientation and placement testing
- Oct. 13: Session begins
- Oct. 17: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Nov. 10: Mid-session progress verification
- Nov. 25-28: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 11: Session ends
- Jan. 8: Orientation and placement testing
- Jan. 12: Session begins
- Jan. 16: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Feb. 9: Mid-session progress verification
- March 5: Session ends
- March 12: Orientation and placement testing
- March 16: Session begins
- March 20: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- April 13: Mid-session progress verification
- May 7: Session ends
- May 14: Orientation and placement testing
- May 18: Session begins
- May 22: Last day for first-week withdrawal
- May 25: Memorial Day
- June 15: Mid-session progress verification
- July 9: Session ends