Students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs leading to the baccalaureate degree shall pass Regents' Reading Skills and Regents' Writing Skills courses as a requirement for graduation. Students may exempt these courses through examination by passing the Regents' Reading Test and the Regents' Essay Test or an approved alternative test in reading comprehension and in writing. Students who have earned 45 credit hours and have not passed or exempted the courses must take the Regents' Skills courses during each subsequent semester of enrollment. Students enrolled in a Regents' Skills course must pass the corresponding Regents' Test in order to receive a passing grade for the course. At the University of Georgia the Writing Center administers RGTE 0199.

Students might find RGTE 0199 on their schedules automatically for different reasons:

• Students may have taken the exam but not passed it by the semester in which they reach 45 semester credit hours

• Students may not have taken the exam at all by that semester

• Students may have transferred to the University System of Georgia with more than 45 semester credit hours

The purpose of RGTE 0199 is to prepare students to succeed on the Regents' Essay Exam, without the pressures of a course grade. If you find RGTE 0199 on your schedule, please read the materials on these pages to make sure that you understand what this course requires of you. You must complete the course requirements in order to be allowed to take the Regents' Exam during the semester the course appears on your schedule.