Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Wake Forest says its "core requirements are intended to introduce the student to various fields of knowledge and to lay the foundation for concentration in a major subject and related fields during the junior and senior years." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Literature because the "Literatures" divisional requirement may be satisfied by courses that are not literature surveys.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    YES
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for both Mathematics and Natural or Physical Science because math and science are folded into the "Math and Natural Sciences" divisional requirement, thus students may choose between one or the other. (Likewise, the "Quantitative Reasoning" requirement may be satisfied by science courses.)

  • 7. Science

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for both Mathematics and Natural or Physical Science because math and science are folded into the "Math and Natural Sciences" divisional requirement, thus students may choose between one or the other.

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