What Is a High School Deficiency?

You may have received a letter from admissions stating that you have a high school deficiency. MTSU requires a certain number of high school subjects prior to admission. Students graduating from high school in 1989 or later must have completed the high school subject units listed below for regular admission to MTSU. If you did not take these classes in high school, you must take the appropriate course at MTSU within the first 64 semester hours of college enrollment. If you are a transfer student, you must remove the deficiencies within 30 hours of your initial enrollment at MTSU.

Subject Area

MTSU Courses

English
(4 units)

DSPW 0700
DSPW 0800
Algebra I and II
(2 units)
DSPM 0700
DSPM 0800
DSPM 0850
A single Foreign Language
(2 units)
Foreign Language 111 and 112
Geometry
(1 unit)

MATH 0990
Natural/Physical Sciences
(2 units)
Section A:
   GEOL 100
   SCI 100
Section B:
   BIOL 111
   CHEM 111 & 111L
   PHYS 130

Social Studies
(1 unit)
GEOG 200
HIST 171 or 172
HIST 191 and 192

United States History

HIST 201 or 202
Visual/Performing Arts
(1 unit)
ART 290
MUSI 210
SPEE 205


Placement in Developmental Studies writing and mathematics courses are determined by scores on the Placement Test.

For more information on high school deficiences, please refer to page 50 of the MTSU Undergraduate Catalog.

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