Degree Requirements

Foundations Requirement

English Composition

The College’s English Composition requirement can be satisfied by any course used for that purpose in the campus-wide General Education Curriculum at Indiana University. Please see http://www.gened.iub.edu//requirements/engcomp.html and note the minimum grade needed.

Students are exempted from the English Composition requirement if they meet the following standards:

  • SAT (recentered) Verbal score of 670 or higher; or
  • ACT English score of 32 or higher; or
  • AP Program English: Composition and Literature score of 4 or 5; or
  • AP Program English: Language and Composition score of 4 or 5.

Students earning one of the above test scores AND a score of 660 or higher on the SAT II: Writing Test qualify for exemption from the English Composition requirement and become eligible to apply for 2 credit hours in English W143 with a grade of S (satisfactory). Please call (812) 855-1430 to request this special credit.

Mathematical Modeling

The College’s Mathematical Modeling requirement can be satisfied by any course used for that purpose in the campus-wide General Education Curriculum at Indiana University. Please see http://www.gened.iub.edu//requirements/math.html. Note that the same course can simultaneously be used to fulfill the campus-wide General Education Curriculum’s Mathematical Modeling requirement and the College’s Breadth of Inquiry requirement in Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CASE N&M).