Students may test out of all but 3 credit hours of the fundamental skills requirement. Requirements completed in one area may, under certain conditions, also fulfill requirements in other areas.

Cross-listing policy:

Courses used for English composition and 100-level fundamental skills foreign language may not be used to fulfill any other requirement.

Exceptions:

Three credits from each of the following courses may be applied to other appropriate requirements:  AFRO-A 141, A 142. Comparative Literature courses taken with ENG-W 143 may be applied to other appropriate requirements. Only mathematics courses listed as both fundamental skills and natural and mathematical science may cross list. Foreign language courses at the 100-level, from departments that allow 100-level courses to fulfill major requirements, may be applied to other appropriate requirements.

Writing (two courses)

English Composition

Students may fulfill this requirement in any one of the following ways:

1. Exemption without credit. One of the following scores required: SAT Critical Reading 670 or above; ACT English 32 or above; or Advanced Placement English 4 or 5.

2. Exemption with credit. Scores required: SAT Writing Test 660 or above and one of the following: SAT Critical Reading 670 or above, ACT English 32 or above, or Advanced Placement English 4 or 5. Students must also apply to the Department of English, Ballantine Hall 442, Bloomington, IN 47405.

3. Completion of any of the following options with a grade of C or higher. In the options with more than one course a grade of C or higher is required in each course:

a. ENG-W 131

b. ENG-W 170

c. AAAD-A 141 and A 142

d. two semesters of ENG-W 143 combined with CMLT-C 145 and C 146

e. One of the following combinations with grades of C or better in each course:

• AAAD-A 141 and CMLT-C 146 plus ENG-W 143
• CMLT-C 145 plus ENG-W 143 and AAAD-A 142

Advanced Composition

Students must complete, with a grade of C- or higher, one advanced composition or intensive writing course at the 200 level or above after completing the English composition requirement. Students must check "Special Course Listings, College of Arts and Sciences Intensive Writing Requirement Courses" each semester to see which course sections are offered as intensive writing courses. Students may also select from advanced composition courses. The following courses do not need to be offered as intensive writing courses:

English
W 203 Creative Writing
W 231 Professional Writing Skills
W 270 Argumentative Writing
W 301 Writing Fiction
W 303 Writing Poetry
W 350 Advanced Expository Writing
W 401 Advanced Fiction Writing
W 403 Advanced Poetry Writing
W 410 Indiana Writing Workshop

Journalism
J 315 Feature Writing
J 341 Newspaper Reporting
J 342 Magazine Reporting
J 343 Broadcast News
J 349 Public Relations Writing
J 455 News Analysis and Opinion Writing

Mathematics (one course)

Students may satisfy this requirement in one of four ways:

1. Complete MATH-M 025, MATH-A 025 or MATH-M 027 with a grade of C- or higher. Credit for these courses will not count toward the 123 credit hours required for the degree.

2. Complete one course from MATH-M 118,* A 118, M 119, M 211, M 213, or J 113 with a grade of C- or higher. Credit for these courses may count toward the 123 credit hours required for the degree.

3. Complete MATH-D 116 and MATH-D 117 with grades of C- or higher in each course. Credit not given in D 116 until D 117 is completed with a passing grade.

4. Students with a mathematics SAT score of 650 or higher or a mathematics ACT score of 29 or higher are exempt from this requirement.

*MATH-M 118, A 118, or D 116 and D 117 are recommended for students who want to prepare for the required statistics course.

Students who have scored below 400 on the SAT mathematics section or below 20 on the ACT mathematics section are advised to enroll in MATH-M 014 before fulfilling the mathematics requirement.

Foreign Language

Students must complete the study of a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level course work. All or part of this requirement may be fulfilled by performance on placement examinations. Students may fulfill the entire foreign language requirement by placing into the third-year level.

International students whose native language is not English may demonstrate required proficiency in their native language. They may not, however, earn credit for any course at the first- or second-year level in their native language.

Statistics (one course)

One course selected from: CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, MATH-K 310, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, STAT-S 300, STAT-K 310 or SPEA-K 300.