AXLE Work Sheet for Transfer Students
Student:
THE WRITING REQUIREMENT
(SAT CR + WR score
(Minimum of 500 on each)
(ACT English
/ WR
)
)
1. Is English 1100 required?
(SAT <1220 CR + WR) (ACT < 27 English OR < 7 WR)
W courses must be completed on schedule. Failure to do so will result in failure
to achieve class standing and academic probation.
2. 1000-level W course (to qualify for junior standing)
Courses taken to fulfill the Writing Requirement may also fulfill Liberal Arts
Requirements. Also, any courses taken to fulfill AXLE requirements may also
fulfill major and minor requirements.
3. Additional W or approved CMST course (to graduate)
THE LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENT (13 courses)
(At least SEVEN disciplines must be represented.)
A. Humanities and the Creative Arts (HCA)
B. International Cultures (INT)
(includes foreign language proficiency; if proficiency is demonstrated with a test score, the student must still complete three INT courses)
C. History and Culture of the U.S. (US)
D. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNS)
(One course must be a lab science.)
E. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
F. Perspectives (P)
Remember that AP/IB credit CANNOT fulfill AXLE requirements.
All AXLE requirements must be fulfilled with courses taken at Vanderbilt or approved for incoming transfer students.