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A student must earn a final grade in Cornerstone seminar of C- or higher in order to take both a qualifying Writing Research and Keystone Seminar course.

Transfer students who have completed a college level writing composition course with C- or higher will meet the Cornerstone Seminar requirement. If a student has not completed such a course, Student Success will assess the student’s writing level through the ACT/SAT subscore in writing, personal statement, etc. Those students needing remedial writing instruction will be required to register for the appropriate classes. Contact Student Success for more details.

CORE 3000: Keystone and WR classes may be taken at any time, but for the greatest student benefit, we highly recommend taking them during second year so that their writing and research outcomes may inform all future student coursework.

Students in the following professional programs are not required to take Keystone Seminar: athletic training, business and economics (BS degrees), education, music (BME), and nursing.

All NPU students must successfully complete at least one 4sh WR designated course. This requirement may be met by

  1. taking a designated WR course [see Academic Catalog, for a list of WR designated courses] OR by
  2. taking a CORE 3000 Keystone course*.

[*You may use a CORE 3000 to fulfill the WR requirement if you are in the following majors: athletic training, business and economics (BS degrees), education, music (BME), and nursing; OR, if you have already fulfilled the CORE 3000 requirement. NOTE: No CORE 3000 may be double counted to meet more than one CC requirement.]

All NPU students must successfully complete at least one 4sh WI designated course. This requirement may be met by

  1. taking a designated WI course [see Academic Catalog, for a list of WI designated courses] OR by
  2. taking a CORE 3000 Keystone course*

[*You may use a CORE 3000 to fulfill the WI requirement if you are in the following majors: athletic training, business and economics (BS degrees), education, music (BME), and nursing; OR, if you have already fulfilled the CORE 3000 requirement. NOTE: No CORE 3000 may be double counted to meet more than one CC requirement.]

Students who have completed more than two years of high school modern language within the last five years are able to enroll in Modern Language 1010 on a pass-fail basis only. This option is available only after students have completed 30 sh of course work at North Park. Students completing the modern language requirement through examination (including AP and CLEP) can only receive an exemption from the requirement. Credit will not be awarded for 1000-level modern language courses through examination. Credit by examination may be granted for 2000+ level modern language courses only if the student is majoring or minoring in the language. International business majors may receive credit for 2000-level courses through examination. Students completing the Advanced Placement (AP) program and submitting passing examination scores can also receive credit for 2000-level modern language courses regardless of major.