ENC0027C – Developmental Reading and Writing II is the second course in Florida's integrated developmental education sequence, preparing students for college-level composition. It carries institutional credit only — the credits appear on the transcript and count toward enrollment status, but they do not count toward a degree.
The course reflects a structural change Florida made in 2013: reading and writing, formerly taught as separate developmental sequences, were merged into integrated reading and writing courses on the reasoning that the two skills develop together and that separate sequences added a term or more to a student's path. ENC0017 (or its local equivalent) is the first course; ENC0027 is the second and final one before ENC1101.
Content covers reading comprehension at the college level — main idea, supporting detail, inference, author's purpose, tone, and bias; vocabulary development in context; the writing process — prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing as distinct activities; paragraph and essay structure — thesis, topic sentences, development, and coherence; rhetorical modes — narration, description, exposition, and argument; grammar, usage, and mechanics taught in the context of the student's own writing rather than as isolated drill; summary, paraphrase, and response to readings; basic library research and source use; and argumentation — claim, evidence, and reasoning.
The best versions treat students as capable adults who have gaps, not as remedial cases. Reading and writing are the skills most predictive of college completion across every discipline, which makes this course's stakes higher than its non-degree credit suggests.
Offered at approximately 14 Florida institutions, under both ENC0027 and ENC0027C and under several titles.
This is the most consequential thing a student can know about this course. Under Senate Bill 1720 (2013), Florida made developmental education optional for students who entered a Florida public high school in 2003–04 or later and graduated with a standard Florida diploma, and for active-duty military personnel. Those students are also exempt from placement testing and may enroll directly in college-level courses regardless of test scores. Institutions must advise students of this, and the law reshaped Florida developmental education dramatically.
That does not make the course pointless — a student with genuine gaps who skips preparation and fails ENC1101 has lost a term and a grade, and there is good evidence that many exempt students benefit from support. But the choice belongs to the student, and it should be made with advising rather than by default. Ask an advisor directly whether you are exempt, and what co-requisite options exist: many Florida colleges now offer ENC1101 paired with a support course, which lets a student earn degree credit while getting the same help.
Credits earned here appear on the transcript and count toward enrollment status for financial aid and athletic eligibility purposes, but they do not apply to an A.A., A.S., or certificate. Federal financial aid limits the number of developmental credits it will pay for, and the courses count against the attempted-hours ratio used for satisfactory academic progress. Students taking several developmental courses should check with financial aid before enrolling, not afterward.
This course appears as ENC0027 and ENC0027C, under the titles Developmental Reading and Writing II (Santa Fe, Polk, Valencia), Integrated Reading and Writing II (Tallahassee State), Introduction to College Writing Through Reading (Miami Dade), Introduction to College Reading and Writing (Daytona State), and Fundamentals of Reading and Writing (Florida Gateway). Prerequisite numbering also varies — ENC0017, ENC0025, and REA-prefixed courses appear as the first course depending on institution and era. Since these are institutional-credit courses, they do not transfer as degree credit anyway; what matters is the receiving institution's own placement rules.
Note that the C suffix here does not carry its usual meaning. On most Florida courses a C indicates an integrated lecture-and-laboratory course at roughly 60 contact hours; on ENC0027C it reflects the integration of reading and writing into a single course after SB 1720 merged the two developmental sequences. Institutions carrying it list 3 lecture hours — about 45 contact hours — not a lab schedule. Some institutions do attach a required lab or learning-center component on top of the class hours; ask locally.
Placement for non-exempt students is by PERT score, or by SAT or ACT score where the institution accepts them, or by prior coursework. Entry to ENC0027 typically requires a grade of C or better in the first-level course, an appropriate placement score, or exemption status. Verify the specific cut scores locally, as they are set by rule and have been revised.
Writing improves by writing and getting specific feedback on it, and reading improves by reading more than the minimum. Two concrete habits distinguish students who move on successfully: they treat revision as rethinking rather than as fixing commas, and they use the writing center before a draft is due rather than after it is graded. Neither costs anything.
Placement into developmental coursework reflects performance on one test on one day, not capacity. Students place here for many reasons — time away from school, interrupted education, learning English as an additional language, or an untreated learning difference. Students who suspect the last should ask about disability services, since documented accommodations apply to this course and to every course after it.
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