Planning for Registration
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Core Requirements
- First Year Seminar
- FYS 100 (3 hr)
- Writing Seminar
- WRI 111 (4 hr) -or- WRI 109 (2 hr) + WRI 110 (2 hr)
- 200-level foreign language course (3-4 hr)
- HES 100 (1 hr)
- Division I: Humanities
- Requires two courses from two different departments
- Departments: African American Studies; History; Philosophy; Study of Religions; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
- Examples: HST 102 and PHI 115
- Division II: Literatures
- Requires one course from one department
- Departments: Literatures Written in English (English Department); In English Translation (Classical Languages, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French Studies, German and Russian, Italian Studies, the Program in Humanities, and Spanish)
- Example: ENG 165
- Division III: Fine Arts
- Requires one course from one department
- Departments: African American Studies; Art; Dance; Music; Theatre
- Example: ART 103
- Division IV: Social Sciences
- Requires two courses from two different departments
- Departments: Anthropology; Communication; Economics; Education; Politics & International Affairs; Psychology; Sociology
- Examples: ANT 114 and PSY 151
- Division V: Math & Natural Sciences
- Requires two courses from two different departments
- Departments: Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science; Engineering; Mathematics; Physics; Statistical Sciences
- Examples: MTH 112 and CHM 111
- Ethical Inquiry (EI):
- Requires one course
- These courses equip students to engage with ethical questions, practices, values, and decision-making.
- Quantitative Data Analysis (QDA):
- Requires one course
- These courses help students develop critical and analytical skills and apply them to the analysis and interpretation of real-world quantitative information.
- Power, Oppression and Resistance (POR):
- Requires one course
- These courses guide students in understanding issues of structural inequalities and systems of power as they shape human relations across time and cultures.
- Study in World Cultures (SWC):
- Requires one course
- These courses introduce students to histories, perspectives, cultural productions, and values of modern and historical cultures and societies outside of the hegemony of the Global North.
Building Your Schedule
A typical first semester schedule includes 12-17 hours of credit
- 12 hours per semester is required to be a full-time student
- 15 hours per semester, on average, is required to graduate in 4 years
- WFU degrees are 120 hours
- A single major + triple minor requires 135 hours
- A double major + single minor requires 135 hours
- 120 divided by 8 semesters = 15 hours per semester
- Transfer credit (including AP/IB) and summer classes may affect these totals; always check with your Lower-Division Advisor and/or the Office of Academic Advising about your specific situation
- WFU degrees are 120 hours
Two examples of possible first-semester schedules are below. Courses used to explore certain majors can also often satisfy divisional and 21CS requirements for graduation.
Example Schedule #1
FYS 100 (3 hr)
WRI 109 (2 hr)
EGR 111 (4 hr)
MTH 111 (4 hr)
SPA 111 (3 hr)
16 hrs total
Example Schedule #2
WRI 111 (4 hr)
PSY 151 (3 hr)
HST 108 (3 hr)
FRH 153 (4 hr)
HES 100 (1 hr)
15 hrs total
The Undergraduate Bulletin
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Other Resources
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