Worksheet For Intra-University Transfer Applicants Required Courses and College Area Requirements
Worksheet For Intra-University Transfer Applicants Required Courses and College Area Requirements
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Required Courses and College Area Requirements
THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE COMPLETING THIS WORKSHEET:
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Before completing this worksheet, please read Chapter 6 in the Undergraduate Record and familiarize yourself with the Arts &
Sciences Undergraduate homepage.
All required courses and College area requirements must be taken at U.Va. for a letter grade, unless AP credit or Transfer credit
for work done PRIOR to enrolling at U.Va. is used, or you are exempt by virtue of your Achievement Test scores.
One course may simultaneously fulfill two requirements (two area requirements; or one area requirement and a major or minor
requirement, etc.).
One course may fulfill three requirements if the third requirement is the Second Writing Requirement.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: 0-14 credits through level 202 (or 201 for B.S. in Chemistry).
You are exempt if you have attained the appropriate SAT II Subject Test score or AP test scores. See theForeign Language Placement
Index for the specific scores.
1) Do you believe that you qualify for an exemption because you are fluent in another language that you speak at home?
(Y) (N) If so, please see the Foreign Language Coordinator in the appropriate department.
2) Enter the language classes you have already completed:
3) If you have not begun a foreign language yet, how do you plan to begin and complete it?
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HUMANITIES: 6 credits or two courses of 3 or more credits each, from two of the following groups:
Literature - Classics, Comparative Literature, English (except ENWR 105, 106, 110, 210, 270, 282, 370, 371, 372, 380, and ENSP
106), and Foreign Literature (Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures [except ARAB 225, 226,323/523, and 324/524] French,
German, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese courses in translation and all courses above the 202 level.
[above 232 in French, 206 in Chinese, and 212 in Portuguese.])
Fine Arts- ANTH 237, Studio Art, Art History, Drama, Music (except MUSI 150-169, 351-369, and any courses awarding fewer than
3 credits), and selected Architectural History courses AR H 100, 101, 102, 150, 203.
Moral, Philosophical, and Religious Perspectives - Political Theory (PLPT), Philosophy, and Religious Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCES: 6 credits or two courses of 3 or more credits each, from two different departments
or programs.
Afro-American and African Studies, Anthropology, Economics, EVSC 230, Politics (except PLPT), Linguistics (200 level or above),
Psychology, Sociology, and Studies in Women and Gender (SWAG). Excluded are Foreign Language and Literature courses taught in
these departments.
CREDITS IN THE COLLEGE: a minimum of 102 credits of the 120 needed for the B.A. must be courses
in the liberal arts and considered "inside" the College.
List below all courses you have taken in the College or that are Arts and Sciences courses you took at another institution and that are
not already listed under the various required courses. List also the courses below which are exceptions and although they are offered in
other schools, they count as "Inside" the College:
CREDITS OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE: a maximum of 18 credits of the 120 needed for the B.A. may be
courses considered "outside" the College.
List below all courses you have taken that are taught outside the College and not listed among the exceptions in the shaded table above.
List below also: APMA 100, ENWR 100, INST (limit: 2 courses or 3 credits), LASE, PHYE and EDHS 341, 344, 350, and 351 (limit: 2
credits with no more than 1 credit per semester), PLSK (limit: 2 credits), ROTC (limit: 12 credits), USEM, EDHS (limit: 6 credits, including
EDHS 450 listed in shaded box above.)
Add all the "outside" hours you have taken. Subtract the hours that are in excess of any of the limits in this section. If you have hours in
excess of 18, or in excess of any of the limits, you will not be able to count the excess hours towards the degree.
1. CREDITS: To calculate the number of credits you expect to have in May, add:
3. TOTAL COLLEGE DEGREE HOURS THAT YOU EXPECT TO TRANSFER: subtract the debits from the credits:
NOW PRINT OUT THIS WORKSHEET FOR YOUR RECORDS AND ATTACH IT TO YOUR APPLICATION.