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Academic Policies

Students have two targets to watch while planning their engineering curriculum: the progression standard and the prerequisite chain. Progression Standard Engineering students must meet the following progression standard before being admitted into junior-level (ENGR 3xx) or senior-level (ENGR 4xx) engineering courses.

The lowest grade of record for any of the following required in-major courses is a "C-."

1. ENGR 112, ENGR 212, ENGR 221, ENGR 231, ENGR 232
2. MATH 235, MATH 236, MATH 237, MATH 238
3. PHYS 240, PHYS 140L, PHYS 250, PHYS 150L
4. CHEM 131, CHEM 131L

A student's overall GPA and required major GPA (for the same list of courses) must be at least 2.500 (no rounding).

Prerequisite Chain Engineering students should be aware that many courses include prerequisites, or courses that must be successfully completed before enrollment in a specific course. The following list includes prerequisites that students should consider when planning their courses of study.

All other JMU Academic policies can be viewed here.