Additional Admission Information
Students Applying For Admission to Baccalaureate Transfer Programs
The importance of a strong high school background as it relates to college success cannot be overstated. Students who encounter a broad variety of curricular areas in high school increase the likelihood that they will succeed at the college level. Accordingly, and in compliance with Illinois Community College Board policy, Harper College has established minimum high school course requirements for admission to the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Engineering Science and Associate in Fine Arts Baccalaureate Transfer Programs.
Students applying for admission to a Baccalaureate Transfer Program must meet the minimum requirements as outlined in the table below. A student who has not fulfilled these requirements at the time of application will be admitted to the College as a "Pre-Baccalaureate Transfer Student," and upon compensation of the academic deficiencies will be admitted to the Baccalaureate Transfer Program.
High School Course Requirements For Admission to Baccalaureate Programs
|
Area
|
Subject
|
Minimum
# of Units
in High School |
|
I
|
English
|
4
|
|
II
|
Mathematics
|
2-3
|
|
III
|
Social
Studies |
2-3
|
|
IV
|
Science
|
2-3
including at
least one unit of
laboratory science |
|
V
|
Other
|
1-2
units of foreign language, art, or music |
|
VI
|
Flexible
|
0-4
units in areas
I-V or in vocational
education |
|
Total
Required
|
|
15
units |
High school course
requirements for admission to Baccalaureate Transfer Programs will be waived
for:
- Students whose
final class rank is in the top 25 percent and who have an ACT
composite score of 23 or higher or an SAT Verbal score of 610 or higher
and an SAT Math score of 680 or higher
- Students who have completed 24 semester hours of college coursework (100 level or above)
with grades of "C" or better.
Applicants to the
Baccalaureate Transfer Program will be classified according to the following
system and should note the relevant admission requirements as follows.
Graduates of accredited
high schools who received a high school diploma on or after January 1,
1993
Must fulfill requirements as stated above.
Note: Students
who graduated from high school prior to January 1, 1993 who have not fulfilled
the admission requirements will have coursework and/or other academic
activities that compensate for course deficiencies incorporated into their
curriculum.
GED Recipients
Must have obtained a minimum standard subscore of 50 on each GED subtest
and have completed at least one unit of laboratory science in high school
or one semester of laboratory science in college.
International
Students
Must have a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (210 for students who completed
the test after June 1998) and have graduated from a college preparatory
high school for further study in an area of liberal arts or from a technical
high school in an area of math, science or engineering.
Graduates of Foreign
High Schools
Must have graduated from a college preparatory high school for further
study in an area of liberal arts or from a technical high school in an
area of math, science or engineering.
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