<p>Does everyone have to take it, or can you be exempted (other than being an architecture, music, etc.. major)?</p>
<p>everyone has to, no matter what major--whether architecture, business, journalism or music.
go to usc.edu/orientation if you need more information.</p>
<p>Everyone takes it with their Category VI general ed class.</p>
<p>everyone takes it</p>
<p>unless you are a transfer or freshman spring admit who takes a writ130 equivalent (check with your school's articulation)</p>
<p>does getting a 5 on ap lit and/or a 5 on ap lang allow you to test out of the requirement for 130?</p>
<p>do ir-global businesses only have to do one or another? i am a bit confused, as i am a transfer student and unsure if i have to take BOTH 130 and 140 or just one or the other.</p>
<p>i am petitioning to have 130 completed through my freshman year writing course at my old school, and I was under the impression that I had to take one of the courses.</p>
<p>this is what my writing requirement section appears like on my STARS report:</p>
<p>COMPOSITION/WRITING REQUIREMENT -- COURSE WORK MUST BE<br>
TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE:<br>
--> NEEDS: 2 SUB-GROUPS </p>
<ul>
<li><p>1) FIRST YEAR WRITING REQUIREMENT:<br>
NEEDS: 1 COURSE<br>
SELECT FROM: WRIT130 WRIT140 </p></li>
<li><p>2) UPPER DIVISION WRITING REQUIREMENT:<br>
NEEDS: 1 COURSE<br>
SELECT FROM: WRIT340 </p></li>
</ul>
<p>it just says one course...so...i'm assuming i just need one, right?</p>
<p>most people don't have to take 130 UNLESS their critical reading and writing score combined were below the standards (in this case: combined score below 1100 out of 1600 on the SAT) and a score below 24 on the ACT.
you'll probably only have to take 140. when you go to your respective orientation, they'll most likely tell you that.</p>
<p>Yes, you DO have to take WRIT-140 (with VERY few exceptions, which I assume were already posted). Getting a 5 on AP Literature/Language will not exempt you from WRIT-140, and neither will getting a 7 on the IB English exam.</p>
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does getting a 5 on ap lit and/or a 5 on ap lang allow you to test out of the requirement for 130?
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<p>no, unfortunately. And it turns out that writ-140 is actually very different from both ap's.</p>
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do ir-global businesses only have to do one or another? i am a bit confused, as i am a transfer student and unsure if i have to take BOTH 130 and 140 or just one or the other.
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<p>All majors have to take one or the other. In fact, writ-130 and writ-140 are <em>exactly</em> the same course. The only reason the two are distinct is registration related.</p>
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i am petitioning to have 130 completed through my freshman year writing course at my old school, and I was under the impression that I had to take one of the courses.
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<p>You have to take both 140(or 130) and 340. If you get 130 transferred in, then you just have to take 340.</p>
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most people don't have to take 130 UNLESS their critical reading and writing score combined were below the standards (in this case: combined score below 1100 out of 1600 on the SAT) and a score below 24 on the ACT.
you'll probably only have to take 140. when you go to your respective orientation, they'll most likely tell you that.
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<p>You're thinking of writ-120, which is a different course from 130 and 140 :)</p>