To be considered for admission, you must complete a minimum level of preparation in six core subject areas. A majority of applicants have completed all or most of these requirements in high school. However, if a core subject requirement was not completed in high school, it must be completed at a college level before enrolling.
An academic associate degree does not automatically satisfy the core subject requirements.
| Subject | If completed in high school | If completed in college |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4 years | 5 credits of English Composition with minimum GPA of 2.0 |
| Mathematics | 3 years - completion of Intermediate Algebra | Completion of Intermediate Algebra with minimum GPA of 2.0 |
| Social Science | 3 years | 15 credits |
| Foreign Language | 2 years of the same language | 10 credits of same language or through 102 level with passing grade |
| Science | 2 years | 10 credits |
| Fine,Visual, or Performing Arts | .5 years | 2 credits |
College minimum cumulative GPA = 2.0
4 Years of study are required, at least three of which must be in college-preparatory composition or literature.
5 credits with gpa of 2.0 or higher. College course work must be at the 100 level or higher. For the composition/literature component, generally any course with an English or Writing prefix is acceptable.
3 Years of study are required, at least at the level of algebra, geometry, and second-year algebra.
If your high school preparation in mathematics was insufficient, you must complete one of the courses listed below:
Mathematics courses with intermediate algebra as a prerequisite (except statistics courses) - This includes any higher-level math courses such as elementary functions, calculus, and beyond.
3 Years of study are required in history or in any of the social sciences, e.g., anthropology, contemporary world problems, economics, geography, government, political science, psychology, sociology.
Credit for religion courses, consumer economics, student government, or community service will not count towards the requirement.
15 credits. Courses in the social sciences-e.g., anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology-will count toward the requirement.
2 Years of study are required. The two years must be completed in the same language.
Any natural language that has been formally studied may be used to satisfy this requirement, including American Sign Language (ASL, the language of the deaf community), and languages no longer spoken, such as Latin and ancient Greek. However, neither computer ‘languages' nor forms of deaf signing aside from ASL are acceptable.
A foreign language course taken in the eighth grade may satisfy one year of the requirement if the second-year course is completed in high school.
10 college credits of a single language or through 102 level with a passing grade. For purposes of admission, each quarter of language in college is considered equivalent to one year in high school. Applicants who have never studied a foreign language will need to complete ten quarter credits of a single foreign language. However, an applicant who studied French for one year in high school needs to complete only the second quarter (e.g., FREN 102) or the second semester of a first-year language sequence. Of course, you may prefer to begin with 101 to refresh your memory.
2 Years of science are required.
10 credits. College science courses with a lab will count toward the laboratory science portion of the requirement. Any course in astronomy, atmospheric science, biological structure, biology, botany, chemistry, environmental science (but not environmental studies), genetics, geology, oceanography, physical anthropology, physical geography, physics, or zoology will count toward the second-year requirement, as will introductory courses in biological or physical science.
.5 year or one trimester of study is required in the fine, visual, or performing arts, to be chosen from art appreciation, band, ceramics, choir, dance, dramatic performance and production, drawing, fiber arts, graphic arts, metal design, music appreciation, music theory, orchestra, painting, photography, print making, or sculpture.
Courses generally not acceptable include architecture, color guard, creative writing, drafting, drill team, fashion design, foreign languages, interior design, sewing, speech, web design or graphics, woodworking, and yearbook.
2 credits.Courses chosen from any of the following subjects will satisfy the requirement:
