Course and Writing Requirement Policy
• there is space available in the course.
• the dean of the appropriate school, the program coordinator/ department chair and the instructor agree that the student has met the prerequisites of the course.
• the student would receive undergraduate credits.
If the student goes on to enroll in a graduate program at Southern New Hampshire University, graduate credit will be granted if the student earns grades of “B” or better in the 500-level courses. Approval is limited to a maximum of six credits (two three-credit graduate courses).
Students with 63 or more credits who have not completed the freshman English and math prerequisites will not be allowed to register without completing the required freshman courses.
Transfer students must complete missing freshman and prerequisite courses within their first 30 credit hours at Southern New Hampshire University.
Day school students must receive permission from the dean of the School of Liberal Arts to enroll in evening or weekend
ENG 101, ENG 120 and ENG 121.
Because competency in writing is critical for students, the university is committed to Writing Across the Curriculum.
Students will be expected to write expository essays in most of their courses in all disciplines. Students should expect to
communicate clearly and with grammatical correctness in all their SNHU courses. To further Southern New Hampshire
University’s commitment to Writing Across the Curriculum, the university has determined that two required courses beyond the core in each discipline for the bachelor’s degree shall be designated as Writing Intensive. Writing Intensive is defined as 10 pages of writing as product and 10 pages of writing to learn exercises. Thirty percent of the final course grade will evaluate the student’s writing in those designated courses.
Writing and Word Processing
Southern New Hampshire University has adopted a policy of incorporating the use of computers throughout the curriculum. Students will be expected to use word processing for written assignments in English and other courses.
Bibliography and In-Text Citation Styles
The American Psychological Association (APA) and Modern Language Association (MLA) bibliographic and in-text citation styles are acceptable formats for documenting written work subject to policies set forth by each academic discipline.