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Course Sequencing

  2. Majors and Minors
  3. Departments and Units
  4. Courses
  5. LSA Degrees
  6. LSA Requirements
  7. LSA Academic Policies and Procedures
    1. Credit Policies
      1. Course Credit and Contact Hours
      2. Class Standing
      3. Residency Requirements
      4. LSA and Non-LSA Credit
      5. Graded and Non-Graded Coursework
      6. Credits Required Outside of Major Department
      7. Course Sequencing
      8. Repeating a Course
      9. Experiential and Directed Reading/Independent Study Coursework
      10. Test Credit (AP, IB, etc.)
      11. Transfer Credit Policy
    3. Registration and Enrollment
    4. Grading, Transcripts, and Academic Records
    5. Academic Standing
    6. Academic Integrity
  9. LSA Commitment to Academic Freedom
  10. Dates and Deadlines
  11. Academic Integrity
  12. Engaged Learning
  13. STEM
  14. Business
  15. What Will You Do with an LSA Degree?

Some courses (chemistry, mathematics, language, and others) are part of a sequence and must be completed in order. Once a student takes a course in a sequence, they cannot receive credit for taking a prior course in the sequence. For example, a student who successfully completed SPANISH 232 would not receive credit if they then took SPANISH 231. 

Once a student successfully completes an in-residence course in a sequence, they cannot receive credit for taking a prior course in the sequence. For example, a student who took SPANISH 231 after taking and passing SPANISH 232 on the Ann Arbor campus would not receive credit for the SPANISH 231 course.

Students electing courses in LSA which are prior to those in a course sequence for credits already awarded via transfer credit will have the transferred credits deducted, and the credits and honor points earned by the LSA elections will stand. This could mean losing credit for several courses while retaining credit for only one (for example, transfer credit for one or more terms of foreign language can be deducted because of subsequently completing the first term of that language at the University of Michigan).

Sequencing, if it exists, will be noted for each course in the LSA Undergraduate Course Catalog and the LSA Course Guide under credit exclusions. Students should contact a LSA academic advisor if they have questions about whether or not a course is part of a sequence.

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