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| High School Preparation/Admission Requirements
Students entering the college are required to present evidence of the following high school preparation:
4 years of English
Typically, this preparation will include courses in British, American, and world literature in which critical reading and writing skills are emphasized and courses in speech and composition, including at least one senior-level writing course.
3 years of social studies
Typically such preparation will include two semesters of world history, two semesters of American history, and a semester of American government. Electives can be chosen from areas such as economics, sociology, or psychology.
2 years of a single foreign language*
Three years or more of a single foreign language are strongly recommended for students who wish to continue their work in that language.
*Three years of a single foreign language will also exempt students from the foreign language graduation requirement in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
3 years of mathematics
Such preparation shall include two semesters of beginning algebra, two semesters of geometry, and two semesters of intermediate algebra. A fourth year of study involving analytic geometry, trigonometry, linear algebra, and/or calculus is strongly recommended for students who will major in mathematical or scientific disciplines.
3 years of science
At least two years of such preparation shall be chosen from biology, chemistry, and physics.
Recommended but not required as a condition of admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is one semester of computer science. Such a course should stress problem-solving with computers and should not substitute for courses in mathematics. In schools where computer use is an integral part of most courses, separate instruction in computers is not necessary.
Students who transfer from another college or university with at least 24 credits of satisfactory coursework may be exempt from most of these requirements. Students who do not meet the requirements listed here may be admitted with a limited number of deficiencies, provided that they can be removed by the end of the first academic year. Iowa State courses taken to remove deficiencies are subject to certain restrictions with regard to their applicability to students' college degree programs. Contact the college office for further information about these restrictions and about remedying deficiencies in general.
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