AXLE Work Sheet for Majors
Student:
THE WRITING REQUIREMENT
(English 1100 [if required] and the First-Year Writing Seminar should have been completed by the end of the first year.)
1. 1000-level W course (to qualify for junior standing)
2. Additional W or approved CMST course (to graduate)
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.
W courses must be completed on schedule. Failure to do so will result in failure to achieve class standing and academic probation.
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.