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Required High School Courses
In addition to the admission requirements stated
elsewhere for freshman and transfer applicants, all
applicants graduating from high school in 1993 or
thereafter must have completed the high school subject
units listed below for regular admission to MTSU.
Applicants graduating from high school in 1989-92 must
show completion of the course units below, excluding the
visual and/or performing arts requirement.
A unit equals one full year's credit for the
course.
- English -- 4 units
- Visual and/or Performing Arts, includes
a variety of possibilities in either performance or
survey courses (music, drama, art) -- 1
unit
- Algebra I or Math for Technology II and
Algebra II -- 2 units
- Geometry or other advanced math course
with geometry as a major component -- 1
unit
- Natural/Physical Sciences, including at
least one unit, with lab, of biology, chemistry, or
physics or principles of technology -- 2
units
- Social Studies, (world history, ancient
history, modern history, European history, or world
geography) -- 1 unit
- United States History -- 1
unit
- A single
Foreign Language -- 2 units
An additional unit in the arts, in mathematics,
and in foreign languages is recommended.
Freshman applicants who are admitted with
deficiencies in any of these units (see Conditional Admission),
or who attended high schools not offering the required
courses, must remove the deficiencies through specified
MTSU coursework before earning 64 college credit hours.
Different requirements may exist for some freshman
applicants (e.g. international students).
Transfer students who graduated from high school
in May 1989 or thereafter are subject to the
requirements. Transfer students admitted with high school
unit deficiencies must take specified MTSU coursework to
remove those deficiencies during their first 30 hours of
enrollment at MTSU.
Exemptions: Students who graduated from
high school prior to Spring 1989 and students who
acquired a GED credential in 1988 or earlier are exempt
from removing unit deficiencies. Students with a
bachelors degree are also exempt.
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