Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study

30 ADMISSION TYPE AND CLASS STANDING Knowing and understanding your admission type and class standing is necessary to be able to successfully manage several different aspects of your academic career. Your class standing determines when you will be able to register for classes each term and the classes that you will be able to take, including your University Studies (UNST) requirements. Year Standing Credits earned Course level University Studies First Freshman 0-44 100-200 Freshman Inquiry (FRINQ) Second Sophomore 45-89 100-200 Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ) Third Junior 90-134 300-400 Junior Clusters Fourth Senior 135-180 300-400 Senior Capstone The number of credits with which you are admitted, and your student admission type determine your class standing in your first term of study. After your first term of study, your admission type will remain the same, but your class standing will change as you earn more credits. Credits may have been earned at another university (transfer credits) or at PSU through the IELP (institutional credits). Credits earned through the IELP are counted in a student’s credit total for academic standing, but they do not exempt students from the University Studies requirement for each year of study that is based solely upon admission type. For example, if a student is admitted to PSU as a freshman with no previous university study, the student will be required to fulfill the Freshman Inquiry (FRINQ) course through University Studies, even if the student has earned credits in the IELP that place them in a higher class standing. University Studies is more fully explored in a later section. Highway with long view and cloudy sky