Minimum Academic Preparation Standards (MAPS)

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One unit equals one year of high school study or one semester of college course work.

College of Architecture & Planning	College of Arts & Sciences / Journalism & Mass Communication	Leeds School of Business	*College of Engineering & Applied Science*	College of Music
English: 4	English: 4 (includes 2 of composition)	English: 4 (includes 2 of composition)	English: 4	English: 4
Mathematics: 4 (includes at least 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, and 1 of college preparatory math such as trigonometry, analytic geometry, or elementary functions)	Mathematics: 4 (includes at least 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, and 1 of college preparatory math such as trigonometry, analytic geometry, or elementary functions)	Mathematics: 4	Mathematics: 4 (includes at least 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, and 1 of college preparatory math such as trigonometry, analytic geometry, or elementary functions)	Mathematics: 4
Natural science: 3 (includes physics and/or biology)	Natural science: 3 (includes 2 of lab science, 1 of which must be either chemistry or physics)	Natural science: 3 (includes 2 of lab science, 1 of which must be either chemistry or physics)	Natural science: 3 (includes 1 of physics AND 1 of chemistry or biology, OR 2 of chemistry AND 1 of physics or biology, OR 2 of biology AND 1 of chemistry or physics)	Natural science: 3
Social science: 3	Social science: 3 (includes 1 of U.S. or world history and 1 of geography; if U.S. history is used to meet the history requirement, the geography requirement may be met with 1/2 unit of geography)	Social science: 3 (includes 1 of U.S. or world history and 1 of geography; if U.S. history is used to meet the history requirement, the geography requirement may be met with 1/2 unit of geography)	Social science: 3	Social science: 2
Single foreign language: 3	Single foreign language: 3	Single foreign language: 3	Single foreign language: 3 (or 2 units in each of 2 separate foreign languages)	Single foreign language: 3
Academic elective: 1				Academic elective: 2 (in the arts)
Total units: 17	Total units: 17	Total units: 16	Total units: 17	Total units: 16