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2018-2019 University Catalog 
    
2018-2019 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Area I Introduction to Critical Skills


Goals: Students should be able to read closely, think clearly and express themselves precisely; they should be able to reason, hypothesize, solve problems and interpret what they experience and study; they should understand how languages, mathematics, science, the arts and the humanities interact in today’s culture; they should possess the skills required by an undergraduate academic career and they should understand basic issues in maintaining physical health.

Requirements


  First-Year Seminars 2 courses
  Foreign Languages 2-3 courses
  Mathematics 1 course
  Lifetime Fitness 1 course (¾ unit)

First-Year Seminar & Lifetime Fitness


Foreign Language


Students who have studied for two years or more in high school the language they choose at Transylvania must complete 1034; students with fewer than two years of high school study of the language chosen must complete through 1024.

Students who have completed the equivalent of two or three years of high school foreign language can take the 1014 level of that language only for CR/NC grading at Transylvania. Students with four or more years or AP level foreign language may take 1014 and 1024 only for CR/NC grading.

 

Mathematics


1 of the following: