Registering for Two Courses

First–year students at Sewanee tend to focus on fulfilling their general education requirements.  While AP courses transfer to Sewanee as credits, they do not substitute for these requirements. Find our policy on AP credit at the very bottom of the page linked here.

Click here to find answers to frequently asked questions about courses for first-years.

           The Requirements                                                        Important Notes

First, consider a foreign language.  

You are not required to register for foreign language as one of your two courses, but you must take a language placement exam before attempting to register for any courses. 

Second, if you are pre-med, intending to do a 3-2 engineering program, or to major in the sciences, see the advice here:

Third, decide whether you want to be part of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program. 

This four-semester sequence examines Western Civilization and fulfills distribution requirements in English, History, Religion/Philosophy, Art, and Writing. If you do want to be part of the Humanities program, enroll in Humanities 101.

Fourth, if you are not majoring in science or in pre-med, and if you do not participate in the Humanities sequence, your choices are more open.    Any course that interests you and that meets a distribution requirement is a viable choice.  In no particular priority, you might choose something that interests you in:

Mathematics. 

Many incoming students enroll in Math 101 or, if they have already done well in high school calculus, in Math 102 during their first semester.  During the summer, members of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science will determine which students should be advised to enroll in Math 102.  Math 100 (Topics in Mathematics), also fulfills this core requirement.  You should not plan to select Math 100 if you believe that you may be a science major or a premed student.

Natural science. 

The requirement is that each student complete one science course which has a laboratory component and another which may or may not have a laboratory component.   Although all biology, chemistry, geology, and physics courses may be used to fulfill one aspect of this requirement, only certain ones in psychology and forestry do (see College Catalog).  No computer science course does.  Please be aware that the scheduling sequence of Chemistry 101–102 and Physics 101–102 does not allow mid–year entry in these areas, although Biology 131-132  may be taken with either course first.

History 100. 

These courses cover a variety of topics reflecting the expertise of the faculty member, but you may not enroll in more than one of these sections.

English 101.  

These courses have a common focus on Shakespeare and are writing intensive.

Social Science.

The concepts and methods of studying human behavior, culture and society are what you learn in anthropology, economics or political science.

Religion or philosophy.

These courses examine religious or philosophical texts and raise questions about meaning, ethics, and logic.

Arts

Studio arts, art history, music history and performance, and theatre comprise this requirement cluster.

                Physical Education. 

See a list of courses that corresponds to these instructions.

Then consult the Schedule of  Classes to find when these courses will be offered in the Advent 2007 semester.  

Watch for an e-mail from the Registrar with your language placement  information and alternate pin number.  It will explain how to register using Banner.