<p>I just got accepted in to stony brook (A.O.I pre-computer science).</p>
<p>My question is : Do cs major students need to take two WRT courses(WRT101, 102)(DEC A1,A2) or just take one eng course, i.e.WRT 101( In my community college the code is ENG101, anyway).</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<p>You must complete the entirety of DEC A. For most this means just WRT 102, because a lot of people place out of WRT 101 due to SAT scores. But if that doesn;t apply to you, you need more 101 and 102</p>
<p>We get less DECs, though.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as “less” D.E.C’s for CSE majors. You essentially complete all the D.E.C’s[A-K]. However, be sure to remember that D.E.C H is embedded in your major; so don’t worry about D.E.C H. Also, you are exempt for the foreign language requirement, provided that you get in the major.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>There’s slightly fewer DECs, because CSE folks only need one F and one G.</p>
<p>On the writing piece: if you’re transferring, you might have completed DEC A with ENG 101. At Suffolk, for example, ENG 101 is the equivalent of WRT 102 here, so you’re done.</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>Hi Chris,</p>
<p>For incoming students from HS, is there any class/couse that fulfills the WRT 102 or is it mandatory for all HS incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>WRT 102 is mandatory. Even if you’ve published novels (some teens have), you’ve still got to take it.</p>
<p>To sbuadmissions: So if you took a SUNY Community College ENG 101 and ENG 102 in high school, you no longer have to take WRT 102 ? And also get 6 credits for it</p>
<p>I’m OP.</p>
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"There’s slightly fewer DECs, because CSE folks only need one F and one G.</p>
<p>On the writing piece: if you’re transferring, you might have completed DEC A with ENG 101. At Suffolk, for example, ENG 101 is the equivalent of WRT 102 here, so you’re done.</p>
<p>Chris
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<p>Thank you so much.
In my CC(CUNY Laguardia CC), Here are the course codes and descriptions:</p>
<p>ENG101 Composition 1(Freshman Composition)
ENG102 Composition 2(Writing Through Lit.)</p>
<p>So you mean I don’t need to take ENG102(may be equivalent to SBU WRT102)??</p>
<p>Here, at the bottom of page, it says CSE students must take both DEC A1 and A2, so I’m confused. Because if I need to take DEC A2, I will take it during summer in my CC.
<a href=“http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/undergrad/CSE%20UniversityRequirements.html[/url]”>http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/undergrad/CSE%20UniversityRequirements.html</a></p>
<p>@choc/14 - Unless the course is taken AT the community college (for example, you go to SCCC after school to take ENG 101), then no, everyone pretty much has to take WRT 102 here. If the course is given at your high school, then it does not fulfill both pieces, just A1.</p>
<p>@rengo - If you’re transferring from LaGuardia and have ENG 101 and 102, then that fulfills BOTH As (101) and B (102).</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>I’m still confused…
You mean Suffolk cc’s ENG101 fulfills SBU’s WRT 102 but Laguardia dosen’t. So as a cs student,I still need to take ENG102. Am I right?? Because you say taking ENG101 at a CC(not high school) fulfills SBU WRT102…</p>
<p>OK, thanks Chris!</p>
<p>You can fill WRT 102 on college campuses!? I thought you could only fill WRT 101 that way!</p>
<p>@BlueProtoman</p>
<p>As Chris mentioned,
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On the writing piece: if you’re transferring, you might have completed DEC A with ENG 101. At Suffolk, for example, ENG 101 is the equivalent of WRT 102 here, so you’re done.</p>
<p>Chris </p>
<p>Haha, that makes me confused.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>All transfer and re-matriculated students who have passed, with a grade of C or higher, a composition course judged to be equivalent to WRT 102 will have satisfied this requirement.</p></li>
<li><p>College courses taken while the student was in high school may only be considered for equivalency to WRT 102 ““if taken on the college campus.””</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Per sbu website
sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/policiesandregulations/degree<em>requirements/majors</em>ceas dot php</p>
<p>Why does it have to be on-campus?</p>
<p>That’s just policy; we want college writing given at a college, not at a high school.</p>
<p>I’m oversimplifying here, but the WRT 101 has become something of a bridge course for ESL students; the majority of our freshmen place immediately into WRT 102. At a lot of other schools, the “freshman writing” requirement is one class, so it equates to our full requirement here. To wit:</p>
<p>SCCC: ENG 101 = WRT 102 at Stony Brook
NCC: ENG 101 = WRT 102
F’dale: ENG 101 = WRT 102
Queens: ENG 110 = WRT 102
QCC: EN 101 = WRT 102
WCC: ENG 101 = WRT 102
Rockland: ENG 101 = WRT 102</p>
<p>Some schools, though, do it in two pieces like we do:</p>
<p>Kingsborough: EN 12 = WRT 101, EN 24 = WRT 102
Staten Island: ENG 111 = WRT 101, ENG 151 = WRT 102</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>I had to take a ton of decs for the CSE major. Hated those. So distracting from the actual CS fun. Depending on where you are placed after you take the Writing placement Exam you might have to take only WRT 102 or do the two semester sequence WRT 101 & 102.</p>
<p>Well, CK90, you and me both get to skip out on four. (We each get one of F, G, I, and J)</p>