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2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Requirements for Admission


The University of Maine
Academic Requirements for Admission

The required high school academic course of study, combined with academic electives, should equal at least 17 credits. For foreign language requirements, the two years of study must be in the same language. Two years of American Sign Language (ASL) may be used to satisfy this requirement.  Courses should be taken at the four-year college preparatory level of higher.  Honors or AP courses are encouraged when they are available.

 

Degree College/School Entrance Requirements (in years)
English Algebra I & II Geometry Senior Math* Foreign Language Lab Biology Lab Chemistry Lab Physics History/Social Sciences Computer Science Fine Arts
B.A./B.S. Business, Public Policy & Health
B.S.  Business Administration 4 2 1 1 2 2 lab sciences 2 S-1 S-1
B.S. Nursing 4 2 1     1 1   2 S-1 S-1
B.A. Public Management 4 2 1   2

1 lab science

2 S-1 S-1
B.S. Social Work 4 2 1   2

1 lab science

2 S-1 S-1
B.S. Education & Human Development (requires 1 year of physical education for its education majors) 4 2 1   2 1 [1 additional science] 2 S-1 S-1
B.S. Engineering 4 2 1 1     1 1 2 S-1 S-1
B.S. School of Engineering Technology 4 2 1 1     S-1 1 2 S-1 S-1
B.A. Liberal Arts & Sciences 4 2 1   2 1 [1 lab science] 2 S-1 S-1
B.S. Liberal Arts & Sciences (requires 2 years of the same foreign language for its B.A. programs) 4 2 1 1   [3 lab sciences] 2 S-1 S-1
B.A./B.S. Natural Sciences, Forestry & Agriculture (requires 2 years of the same foreign language for B.A. programs.) 4 2 1 S-1   1 [1 lab science] 2 S-1 S-1
  Explorations 4 2 1 S-1 S-2 [2 lab sciences] 2 S-1 S-1

Key: S=Strongly Recommended

*Select from trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus.

Please refer to the Academic Program Fact Sheets for more specific degree entrance requirements at http://factsheets.umaine.edu.