University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

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.

Program in Environmental
Design
College of Arts & Sciences / Journalism & Mass Communication ProgramLeeds School of BusinessCollege of Engineering & Applied ScienceCollege 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
(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
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 2 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; OR 1 of physics AND 1 of chemistry or biology AND 1 of another science)
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 and 1/2 unit of world history)
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 and 1/2 unit of world history)
Social science: 3 Social science: 2
Single foreign language: 2 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: 2
Academic elective: 1       Academic elective: 2 (in the arts)
Total units: 17 Total units: 17 Total units: 17 Total units: 17 Total units: 17