Looking Ahead During Orientation, you will be formally introduced to academics at Puget Sound. To graduate from Puget Sound, you’ll need to earn at least 32 units and maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average. Most courses at Puget Sound equal one unit, students generally take four units each semester, and fulltime standing starts at three units. Courses fulfill a major requirement, the university’s Core Curriculum requirements, or elective credits.
Planning Your Classes ACTION ITEMS: ❍ Complete the following on myPugetSound: BY JUNE 1
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BY JUNE 1
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Seminars in Scholarly Inquiry In-depth explorations of a focused area of interest that sharpen your skills in constructing persuasive arguments (two taken in your first year). Approaches to Knowing Artistic, Humanistic, Mathematical, Natural Scientific, and Social Scientific (five taken within your first three years). Connections An upper-level integrative course that challenges the traditional boundaries of disciplines and examines the benefits and limits of interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge (one taken your junior or senior year).
You also will need to fulfill the Foreign Language and Knowledge, Identity, and Power requirements. For a complete overview of the Core Curriculum, visit pugetsound.edu/core.
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Advising Placement Questionnaire
BY AUG. 12
°° The Core Curriculum is a series of eight classes taken over four years to develop an understanding of the liberal arts as the foundation for a lifetime of learning.
Mathematics Placement Test
Academic Integrity Survey
❍ Complete the following this summer:
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Send your final high school transcripts and, if applicable, your college/university transcripts, Advanced Placement scores, and/or International Baccalaureate scores as soon as available.
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Explore possible majors and review requirements on the Puget Sound website.
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The campus store provides textbook information at bookstore.pugetsound.edu. After you receive your fall schedule, you can order your books, and they will be ready for pickup upon your arrival in August.
