Are There Alternative Means Of Completing The WEPT Requirement?

The vast majority of SSU students complete the WEPT requirement by taking and passing the exam or by passing a WIC (Writing Intensive Curriculum) Course with a C- or better, but there are alternatives that apply to selected (and relatively few) students. All students are strongly encouraged to take the test at least once before pursuing an alternative option.

• Students with considerable professional writing experience may petition to meet the requirement through the presentation of appropriate publications.
• Students who have passed another CSU’s Graduate Written Assessment Requirement (for example, the Junior English Proficiency Test at San Francisco State University) can petition for acceptance of that score as coverage of SSU’s WEPT requirement.
• Students who have passed the analytical writing portion of the GRE exam or the GMAT exam with a score of 4 or higher can petition for acceptance of that score as coverage of SSU’s WEPT requirement.

All of these alternatives to the WEPT require a petition to the WEPT Office; the WEPT Coordinator will evaluate all such petitions.