Academic Foundations

The Academic Foundations Department offers courses that support students seeking to complete their academic program and earn a degree. Courses are designed to prepare students for college-level work by helping them develop the reading, English and mathematics skills required for academic success.

Students are placed into or out of courses based on their unweighted GPA from a U.S. high school or by other placement test scores, including the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) placement test, ACT, SAT, GED and HiSET tests.

Students needing EFL placement should contact the EFL office.
Students with a high school GPA of 2.8 or higher may register for any entry-level (gateway) English or math course.
Students with a GPA of 2.2 to 2.799 may enroll in a gateway English or math course with a mandatory corequisite course.
Students with a GPA below 2.2 must enroll in a one-semester prerequisite English and/or math course.

Staff

Diane Haigler

Department Head

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[email protected]

Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 353

919-855-5198 (office)

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Diane has worked at Wake Tech since 1999 in a variety of roles. In 2014, she began developing the ACA-122 course and taught the course until January 2023, when she became the department head for First Year Academy. She was named department head for Academic Foundations in July 2025. She enjoys working in an administrative role and helping faculty grow professionally.

Diane is originally from Morgantown, W.Va., and earned a BA in Psychology from West Virginia University. She earned both an MS and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University.