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Graduation Requirements
Students must successfully complete an English Sequence as determined by the English Placement Test results.
ENGL100 and ENGL115, or ENGL020, ENGL100 and ENGL115, or ENGL013, ENGL017 and ENGL100, or ENGL125 and ENGL135.
Students who are in a three-English-sequence may either take English II during the summer between their freshman and sophomore years, take two sophomore social sciences during the second semester of their sophomore year, or take one sophomore social science during the summer between their sophomore and junior years so that all students are in exactly the same place at the start of their Junior year. Those students who elect to take two sophomore social sciences during their second semester sophomore year do not need to get approval for the overload.
Six (6) semester credit hours of Social Sciences (100 level) are required of all day students. Each semester, Wentworth offers a number of sophomore social sciences from among which students may choose. These include: ECON110 Economics (required for BCMT) HIST125 World Civilization I HIST126 World Civilization II HIST 130 U.S. History I HIST140 U.S. History II HIST365 Art in History I (required for BIND) HUMN105 Introduction to Art and Architecture (AAET only) POLS110 Political Science PSYC110 Psychology SOCL105 Sociology A sophomore social science is an introductory course designed to survey the scope of a field. Students may also cross-register for their sophomore social sciences through the Colleges of the Fenway. Permission of the HUSSM department head is required.
All Baccalaureate Degree graduates must complete twelve (12) semester credit hours of upper level Humanities and Social Sciences (380 level and higher) above those required in the sophomore year. An upper level HUSS elective examines one area of the humanities and social sciences in depth. Therefore, while the sophomore social science, psychology, surveys the areas of study and the important ideas of the field of psychology, the upper level course, Abnormal Psychology (PSYC410) examines a specific area of psychology in depth. Upper level Humanities and Social Sciences are offered in the fields of Economics, History, Humanities, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Students may cross-register for their upper level humanities and social sciences electives through the Colleges of the Fenway, but may not take them at another college or university, in accordance with Wentworth’s policy that all third, fourth, and fifth year courses must be taken at Wentworth. Permission of the HUSSM department head is required for cross-registration.
Each student is required to take at least four (4) credit hours in the Literature/Humanities and four (4) credit hours in the social sciences. The other four credit hours may be taken in either category of courses. However, the entire 12 hours may not be taken exclusively in Literature/Humanities or exclusively in the Social Sciences. History courses may be counted in either category. The Literature/Humanities courses have the prefixes HIST, HUMN, LITR, or PHIL. The Social Sciences carry the prefixes ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, and SOCL.
Students must successfully complete COMM400: Technical Communications (does not apply to BARC). The ability to write well specifically for the technical disciplines/professions is critical, and Wentworth is committed to preparing students for those responsibilities in both the classroom and in the work place. However, Communications courses (COMM) are technical courses in all curricula and do not fulfill the Humanities Social Science requirement with the exception of only two courses: COMM405: Newswriting and Editing; and COMM610: Public Relations. These two courses are acceptable as social sciences because they contain significant social content. Baccalaureate students may use only ONE of these courses to fulfill four credit hours of Social Sciences in the upper level. The exception to this rule is the TC certificate students. Students who elect to complete the Technical Communication Certificate may use both COMM405 and COMM610 as their upper level social sciences; HOWEVER, they must then select an upper level Humanities/Literature course to complete their HUSS requirement.
All Wentworth students must take and pass the Sophomore Writing Proficiency Assessment exam. Students should register for ENGL350 (the test registration code) in the second semester of their sophomore year (only if they have completed their English sequence). All sophomores, including transfers, must register for this exam. In addition, any transfer student entering Wentworth as a junior and taking English at Wentworth must take the assessment exam.
For complete information, please refer to your catalogue. In the 2000-2001 Catalogue, you may refer to pages B-58 – B-59, and pages D-19 – D-21. |