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Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 
    
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Seminars


Each seminar may also fulfill a Core Distribution Requirement and an Additional Distribution Requirement.

XXXX 199 First Year Seminar (CFYS) – Prerequisite: Open to all freshmen with a writing placement score of 3 or above or a SAT score of 500 or above or who have completed ENGL 101. Students with 24 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived.

and

XXXX 298 Second Year Seminar (Speaking Intensive) (CSYS) – Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199;
Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101, and the speaking skills (CSPK) requirement. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived.

or XXXX 299 Second Year Seminar (Writing Intensive) (CSYS)* – Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199;
Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students
with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived.

*XXXX 299 Second Year Seminar (Writing Intensive) CANNOT count toward the upper-level
Writing Designated in the Major (CWRM) requirement.

NOTES:

  • Bridgewater State University considers any student with fewer than 24 credit hours to be a first year student and any student with 24-53 earned credit hours to be a second year student.
  • Students who transfer more than 23 credits to BSU will have the CFYS (First Year Seminar) waived. Students who transfer more than 53 credits will have the CSYS (Second Year Seminar) waived. However, transfer students will still need to fulfill the Writing Intensive and Speaking Intensive requirements.
  • First Year Seminars may not count toward the major or minor. Second Year Seminars may be used for the major or minor, if specifically permitted by the major or minor.
  • Students may take only one First Year Seminar (XXXX 199) and one Second Year Seminar (XXXX 298 or XXXX 299).