CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
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You have chosen a school that emphasizes the liberal arts, so you should be expecting — and eager — to play the intellectual feld. Explore. Learn broadly. Use your frst two years to see which areas of study excite you and draw on your strengths so that you can choose a major wisely. The Undergraduate Bulletin Bulletin is is an essential document that describes the academic policies that bind both students and the University, including your core academic requirements. You can fnd the Undergraduate Bulletin Bulletin at at bulletin.wfu.edu. It is a document that you will need to read carefully and refer to throughout your time at Wake Forest. Bookmark the section titled “Requirements for Degrees.” These requirements are also summarized over the next few pages. 1 06 The The All-You-Can-Learn Buffet of Knowledge
Core Requirements Basic Requirements First Year Seminar (FYS 100, 3 hours): Required for all students. This class is to be taken during the frst year. Given that FYS 100 and WRI 111 are both reading and writing intensive, it is best that students not take these courses during the same semester. Writing Seminar (WRI 111, 4 hours): Required unless you are exempted by an AP Language & Composition score of 5 or an IB higher level English Languages score of 6 or 7. This course is to be taken during the frst year. Given that FYS 100 and WRI 111 are both reading and writing intensive, it is best that students not take these courses during the same semester. A 200-level foreign language course (3 hours), which might require prerequisites: Placement is determined by the Foreign Language Placement Test. See the Foreign Language Placement section for more info. You might be exempt based on Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate score. Students whose primary language (the language of instruction in the student’s prior schooling) is other than English are exempt from the basic requirement in foreign
