ACADEMIC ADVISING

CHECKLIST FOR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR STUDENTS

AY 2009-2010

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR A.B. CANDIDATES (scroll down to see B.S.E. check list)

 

Writing requirement:

                To fulfill this requirement, all students must take a writing seminar freshman year, Fall or Spring.

         

Foreign language requirement:  generally,

                Courses through 107/108. ASAP, but by end of junior year.

                French: 101-102-107 or 103-107 (108 with permission of instructor) or 105-108

                German:101-102-105-107

                Italian: 101-102-107

                Portuguese: 108

                Spanish:  101-102-107  or 103-107 or 105-108

                Note: Students may not self place in language courses.  If they have any high school experience in a language they wish to study at Princeton, they must take the placement test.

 

 Distribution requirements:

                Epistemology and Cognition (EC) -- one course

                Ethical Thought and Moral Values (EM) -- one course

                Historical Analysis (HA) -- one course

                Literature and the Arts (LA) -- two courses

                Quantitative Reasoning (QR) -- one course

                Science and Technology, with laboratory (ST) -- two courses

                Social Analysis (SA) -- two courses

 

Major: typically two courses related to the major should be taken by end of sophomore year. See list of pre-requisite courses for each department below.

Go to the Major Choices website for helpful information on choosing a major and learning about various departments.

 

PREMED REQUIREMENTS

 

·          General Chemistry 201-202 or 207-202 or 215, taken typically freshman year.

·          (215 counts as TWO TERMS of General Chemistry for purposes of medical school admissions.)

·          Math 101-102; or Math 103 (or equivalent AP), with the strong recommendation that students take a second math, computer science, or statistics course.

·          Organic Chemistry 301-302/303-4; typically taken sophomore year.

·          Biology 211-214/215, typically taken sophomore year.

·          Physics 101-102 (typically taken junior year), or 103-104, or 105-106.

·          English: 1 year of English (literature/writing).

 

PREREQUISITES FOR DEPARTMENTAL CONCENTRATION 

Below is a very abbreviated list of prerequisites for each concentration.  Consult Undergraduate Announcement  or  Major Choices for more details.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

ANT       one course (any level) -- or none, by permission

ARC        ARC 242, ARC 203, ARC 204 (Sophomore Studio)

ART        Program 1 (History of Art): normally any two courses in art and archaeology            

                Program 2 (History of Art and the Visual Arts): normally two courses in art and archaeology, two courses in visual arts

                Program 3 (Archaeology): normally two courses in archaeology

AST        Math 201-202 or equivalent; Physics 203. AST 204 strongly recommended

CHM      CHM 201-202, or 207-202 or 215 or AP; PHY 101-102 or 103-104 or AP; Math 103-104 or AP;

                                CHM 301-302 or CHM 303-304 in sophomore year

CLA        normally GRK 108 or LAT 108

                                Classical Studies: one course from UA list pp.129-130 focusing on classical civilization or its influence

COM      one 200- or 300-level course in a foreign literature or one advanced language course; Recommended courses:

                                COM 205-206 or HUM 216-219

COS        MAT through 202 or 200; COS 126; COS 217 and 226 before junior year

EAS         at least one year of language training (the 102 level), 107 recommended before junior year

EEB         EEB 211 and MOL 214/215

                                Req. for graduation: CHM 201-202 or 215; CHM 301 or 303 (before junior year); two semesters of college math:

                                MAT 101-102; or, MAT 103 plus a second mathematically-oriented course; PHY 101 or 103.

ECO        ECO 100, 101 and 202; MAT 103 (or equivalent); Math through 200 or 201 encouraged.

                                 (See departmental website for updates.)

ENG        All programs in English require ENG 205 plus one of the following genre-based courses: ENG 200, ENG 201,ENG 202,

                                ENG 203.

FIT          two 200-level courses in the department                                                                                                                                                                                                   

GEO        geo freshman seminar or one 200-level geo course by spring of the sophomore year

 

GER        GER 107 or SAT II score of 740 or AP 5

HIS          two departmental courses, including one of the following: 201, 207, 208, 211, 212, 280, 281, 282, 290, 291, 292 or 293. 

                                HUM 216-217 or 2l8-219 may be used as a 200-level prerequisite but cannot be counted as one of the

                                departmental requirements.

MAT      normally, Mat 211, Mat 214 or 215, 217 or 204, 218 or 203

MOL       EEB 211; MOL 214/215; some flexibility is possible

                                Req. for graduation: CHM 201-202 or 215; CHM 301-302 or 303-304 (recommended before junior year);

MAT      101-102; or, MAT 103 plus a second mathematically-oriented course is preferred; PHY 101-102 or 103-104.

MUS       MUS 105, 106 or 205, 206

NES         any course in the department

PHI         any course in the department

PHY        PHY 203/205 and 208; MAT 201-202 or MAT 203-204

POL        normally, two 200-level courses in Politics taken on a graded basis before the end of sophomore year

PSY         PSY 101 and PSY 251 (appropriate substitute possible for PSY 251, e.g., ORF 245 or ECO 202)

REL         any course in the department

SLA         RUS 107 or AP

SOC        normally, SOC 101 and a second course in sociology by the end of sophomore year.

SPO         two 200-level courses in the department

WWS       see UA  ("no fixed course prerequisites . . . social science, humanities, natural science, or engineering courses                                                       

                focusing on public concerns . . . some knowledge of economics and of the workings of American political and social

                institutions, together with an acquaintance with the history of the United States and other nations," etc.).

 

 

REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST FOR ALL B.S.E. CANDIDATES

 

B.S.E. first-year normal course load:  four courses in fall, five in spring, for a total of nine courses in year.

 

B.S.E. requirement checklist

·          Writing requirement: must be completed by end of freshman year.

·          Math requirement: Math 103-104-201-202 or equivalent; Math 104 must be completed by end of freshman year;

Math 202 must be completed by end of sophomore year.

·          Physics requirement: Physics 103-104 or equivalent, normally by end of freshman year.

·          Chemistry requirement: Chemistry 207 or 201, or equivalent, normally by end of freshman year.

 

Completion of the physics, chemistry, and 100-level math requirements permits a B.S.E. student to join any of the six engineering departments at the end of freshman year.   These requirements may also be fulfilled with summer courses and AP credit.  None of these requirements may be taken p/d/f.  A.B. students interested in switching to the B.S.E. program should see the SEAS Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs as early as possible. 

 

·          Computing requirement: COS 126 by end of sophomore year.  Summer courses may not be taken to satisfy the BSE computing requirement, nor may it be taken p/d/f.  Students interested in majoring in Computer Science are advised to take COS 126 in freshman year.

 

·          B.S.E. humanities and social science (h/ss) requirements: at least seven courses in the following distribution areas: EC, EM, HA, LA, and SA.   Foreign language courses at the 105-107 level in four-term 100-level sequences (e.g. Russian, German, Chinese) and at the 107/108 level in three-term 100-level sequences (e.g. French, Spanish, Italian) also fulfill h/ss requirements.  B.S.E. students have all four years to complete their h/ss requirements.

 

·          B.S.E. distribution requirements:  among their seven h/ss courses, B.S.E. students must include one course in any four of the following six areas: EC, EM, HA, LA, SA, and foreign language at the 107/8 level or higher. 

 

updated: 10/28/09