MTSU administers the American College Testing Service's COMP examination to students each semester to measure performance in relation to General Studies objectives. The test results are utilized by academic departments, the Committee on Admissions and Standards, the General Studies Committee, and academic administrators in an ongoing evaluation of the General Studies program. Listed below are the requirements in General Studies which all candidates for baccalaureate degrees must meet regardless of the department or college in which they are pursuing a major. It is these requirements that are referred to as Area I-A and the like in the recommended and required programs listed in the departmental copy later in this catalog. If mitigating circumstances require a substitution for any specific course listed, such a substitution must have the approval of the academic dean of the college in which the student is pursuing a major.
Many academic majors require or recommend specific courses within the general studies area.
Consult your major advisor about specific general studies requirements. Students with satisfactory scores on CEEB or CLEP will be given 3 hours of advanced standing credit for ENGL 111. Minimum placement scores are given in the section on Advanced Standing Students with an Enhanced ACT composite score of 19 or greater and a score of 32 or higher on the English section of the Enhanced ACT will be given 6 hours of advanced standing credit for ENGL 111 and 112. Students whose Enhanced ACT English score is 18 or below or whose Enhanced ACT composite score is 18 or below must undergo further testing. See Developmental Studies .