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Curriculum Requirements
CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS 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 The Undergraduate Bulletin is an UndergraduateBulletin is an essential document that describes the academic policies that bind both students and the University, including your core academic requirements. You your core academic requirements. You can fnd the Undergraduate Bulletin at UndergraduateBulletin at bulletin.wfu.edu bulletin.wfu.edu. It is a document that . It is a document that you will need to read carefully and you will need to read carefully and refer to throughout your time at refer to throughout your time at Wake Forest. Wake Forest. Bookmark the section titled Bookmark the section titled “Requirements for Degrees.” These “Requirements for Degrees.” These requirements are also summarized requirements are also summarized over the next few pages. over the next few pages.
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
language. Please contact the Ofce of the Dean of the College for more information. Health and Exercise Requirement (HES 100): Required for all students and should be taken within the frst year.
Divisional Requirements Divisional Requirements
You must complete courses in each of the fve divisions of the undergraduate curriculum while enrolled at Wake Forest. Qualifying Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) scores count towards general elective and some major/minor credit, but cannot be used to satisfy divisional requirements. Courses satisfying a divisional requirement are designated (D) after their descriptions in the Undergraduate Bulletin and under course attributes in the Registration Portal. The Course Completion Checklist (go.wfu.edu/f101coursechecklist) also lists current courses that meet divisional requirements.
One Cultural Diversity (CD) and one Quantitative Reasoning (QR) course are required. These can be taken at the basic, divisional or major/minor level or as electives. CD and QR designations are found after course descriptions in the Undergraduate Bulletin and under course attributes in the Registration Portal.
Humanities — 2 Courses* History Philosophy Study of Religions Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Literatures — 1 Course Literatures Written in English
(English Department)
In English Translation
(Classical Languages, East Asian Languages and Cultures, German and Russian, French Studies, Spanish, Italian Studies Program, and the Program in Humanities)
Fine Arts — 1 Course Art Music Theatre Dance
Social Sciences — 2 Courses* Anthropology Communication Economics Education Politics and International Affairs Psychology Sociology
Math & Natural Sciences — 2 Courses* Biology Chemistry Computer Science Engineering Mathematics Statistical Sciences Physics
