Degree Requirements

Foundations Requirement

English Composition

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