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Freshman Students



Arts and Sciences

For admission to programs in Arts and Sciences, applicants must submit the following:

  • Scores from either the American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Entrance Examination Board
  • An official academic record of all work completed at the secondary level

The student's secondary school record is an important criterion for admission into programs in Arts and Sciences. Typically, applicants to Arts and Sciences are expected to have successfully completed, or show current enrollment in, a college preparatory curriculum that includes:

Subject Units Required Units Preferred
English 4
Laboratory Science 1 2
Algebra 2
Geometry 1
Foreign 2
Academic Electives 4 1/2
Social Sciences 1

*Exceptions to these requirements may be determined on an individual basis by the Admissions Committee.

Admission to Upper-Division Programs
Students intending to pursue upper-division programs such as Education, Pharmacy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Library and Information Science, and Social Work are admitted initially to Arts and Sciences and are expected to meet the same admission requirements as other Arts and Sciences students.  The appropriate preparatory curricula will be selected with the assistance of academic advisors.

Engineering Technology

For admission to program in Engineering Technology, applicants must submit the following:

  • Scores from either the American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Examination Board
  • An official academic record of all work completed at the secondary level

The student's secondary school record is an important criterion for admission into programs in Engineering Technology. Applicants to Engineering Technology are expected to have successfully completed, or show enrollment in, a college preparatory curriculum that includes:

Subject Units Required
English 4
Chemistry 1
Algebra 2
Physics 1
Plane Geometry 1
History 1
Trigonometry 1/2
Academic Electives 4 1/2

*Exeptions to these requirements may be determined on an individual basis by the Admissions Committee.

Last Reviewed: November 22, 2004