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), Algebra II, and Advanced Math or Integrated Math Sequence (Integrated Mathematics I, II, III)--3 units
• 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

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.