Tier 1 courses help students develop the foundational competencies that are essential to success in Tiers 2 and 3 and in their upper-level major courses. Ideally, a student that is academically prepared for college-level work will complete all of Tier 1 by the end of freshman year. Practically, many students need to take prerequisite courses for some areas, but should complete Tier 1 by the end of sophomore year, if possible.
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Tier 1 competency |
Prerequisites/placement |
Waiver policies |
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INQ 101—First year experience |
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Waived for transfer students with 15 or more transfer credits.1 |
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Critical Thinking |
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Transfer student waiver policy.2 |
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Multilingual Communication (must complete up through the third level of a language) |
Students may need to take a first or second-level prerequisite course. |
Transfer student waiver policy.3 |
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Quantitative Reasoning |
Students may need to take a first or second-level prerequisite course. |
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Technological Fluency |
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Written Communication |
Students may need to take a prerequisite class. |
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- Waiver policies based on transfer credits are based on “initial transfer credits”, which is the number of credits taken and transferred prior to the first semester that a student is matriculated at SCSU.
- Waived for transfer students with 30 or more initial transfer credits AND an overall transfer GPA ≥ 2.5 AND at least three Tier 2 equivalent transfer classes. Students can contact the LEP director if they believe they are eligible for the waiver.
- Waived for transfer students with 60 or more initial transfer credits.
Waived for transfer students with 30-59 initial transfer credits AND who took up through Level 3 of a language in high school. Otherwise, transfer students with 30-59 initial transfer credits can complete this requirement with a second-level college course.
All students will take at least one course in each of these areas. Your advisor will be able to help you choose which courses will work best for you.
Course Offerings:
To ensure students receive a meaningful education in an ever changing world, SCSU faculty regularly adapts the course offerings to provide cutting edge curriculum within each LEP area. Students access the most up-to-date course offerings through one of the many advising resources or by meeting with a professional advisor. Also prospective students can also receive advise by meeting with a member of our transfer student services team.
Tier 1 Courses (as of Fall 2021)
ANT 100 - 3 Credits - Interpreting Cultures
ART 106 - 3 Credits - Critical Thinking: Visual Arts
CHE 108 - 3 Credits - Culinary Chemistry
ECO 110 - 3 Credits - Social Issues and Economics
ENG 125 - 3 Credits - Sexism and Homophobia
ENV 101 - 3 Credits - Global Environmental Issues
FIN 200 - 3 Credits - Critical Thinking in Finance
GEO 105 - 3 Credits - Food Systems: A Critical Geog.
HIS 150 - 3 Credits - Crit Think Hist Biography
JST 110 - 3 Credits - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JST 125 - 3 Credits - Contemp. Antisemitism & Racism
MDS 101 - 3 Credits - Media and Everyday Life
MGT 202 - 3 Credits - Intro to Conscious Capitalism
MUT 100 - 3 Credits - Music Therapy
PHI 100 - 3 Credits - Introduction to Philosophy
PHY 123 - 3 Credits - Critical Thinking and Science
PSC 140 - 3 Credits - U.S. Political Thought
PSC 150 - 3 Credits - Thinking About Politics
SOC 102 - 3 Credits - Exploring Social Issues
ARB 200 - 3 Credits - Arabic III
CHI 200 - 3 Credits - Chinese III
FRE 200 - 3 Credits - French III
FRE 201 - 3 Credits - French Lang.,Culture, Cuisine
FRE 202 - 3 Credits - French for a Global World
GER 200 - 3 Credits - German III
GER 201 - 3 Credits - Continuing German
GER 202 - 3 Credits - Exploring a German City
HBR 200 - 3 Credits - Hebrew III
ITA 200 - 3 Credits - Italian III
ITA 202 - 3 Credits - La dolce vita: Ita/Pleasure
ITA 204 - 3 Credits - Made in Italy: Ital for Global
JPN 200 - 3 Credits - Japanese III
LAT 200 - 3 Credits - Latin III
POR 200 - 3 Credits - Portuguese III
RUS 200 - 3 Credits - Russian III
SED 205 - 3 Credits - American Sign Lan. III
SPA 200 - 3 Credits - Spanish III
SPA 201 - 3 Credits - Medical Spanish
MAT 103 - 3 Credits - Mathematics for Liberal Arts
MAT 104 - 3 Credits - Mathematics All Around Us
MAT 106 - 3 Credits - Math for Elementary Ed II
MAT 107 - 3 Credits - Elementary Statistics
MAT 108 - 3 Credits - Math for the Natural Sciences
MAT 120 - 3 Credits - College Algebra
MAT 122 - 4 Credits - Precalculus
MAT 124 - 3 Credits - Finite Mathematics
MAT 125 - 3 Credits - Applied Business Math
MAT 139 - 3 Credits - Short Course in Calculus
MAT 150 - 4 Credits - Calculus I
ART 114 - 3 credits - Dig. Foundation for A&D
COM 135 - 3 Credits - Intro. Computer Mediated Comm.
CSC 101 - 3 Credits - Intro to Computers & Applic
CSC 104 - 3 Credits - Web Technology
CSC 200 - 3 Credits - Info Mgmt/ProductivitySoftware
DGH 100 - 3 Credits - Intro to Digital Humanities
EDU 106 - 3 Credits - New Literacies
GEO 110 - 3 Credits - Geography and Conflict
GEO 170 - 3 Credits - Basic Drone Technology
JRN 135 - 3 Credits - Digital Media Skills
JRN 170 - 3 Credits - Basic Drone Technology
MAT 140 - 3 Credits - Comp. tools for Math & Science
MUS 117 - 3 Credits - Intro to Music Technology
PHY 103 - 3 Credits - Physics and Tech: Health Prof
PHY 120 - 3 Credits - Nanotechnology
WGS 150 - 3 Credits - Women, Gender, Comm & Tech
WLL 108 - 3 Credits - Technology & Language Learning
ENG 112 - 3 Credits - Writing Arguments
ENG 120 - 3 Credits - Writing Arguments: Bilingual