ELD, ESL, Sheltered and SDAIE courses

Advanced level (i.e., CELDT levels 4 and 5) English Language Development (ELD) and/or English as a Second Language (ESL) courses may be approved to meet the "b" English requirement. Courses at this level must include college preparatory composition and literature comparable to other mainstreamed college preparatory English courses (described in the "b" English specific requirements section). When applying to the University, students can use only one year of UC-approved ELD/ESL course work to meet their 4-year English requirement for UC eligibility.

Sheltered and SDAIE (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English) courses may be used to satisfy the "a-g" subject requirements. As sheltered and SDAIE courses simply refer to the instructional methodology (rather than course content), it is expected that sheltered/SDAIE courses in all subject areas would be equivalent in content and skill development to comparable courses taught in the same subject area (i.e., Sheltered Algebra should be equivalent to Algebra 1; SDAIE English 11 should be equivalent to English 11).