{"id":78,"date":"2015-11-12T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob-dev\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:32:12","slug":"admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"College Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regular admission to the university constitutes admission to the College of Science for students entering as first-year students and as transfers from other institutions. There is no separate admissions process.<\/p>\n

The College of Science will accept inter-college and college transfers.<\/p>\n

Students with a minimum ACT mathematics score of 21 and a minimum ACT composite score of 21, or a minimum SAT math score of 530 and a minimum SAT composite score of 1060, are academically best prepared to start a major in the College of Science and graduate in four years. Student with lower scores will require additional preparatory coursework that may delay their graduation.<\/p>\n

On average, a full-time student in the College of Science will carry a 16-credit hour course load each semester. This way a student can stay on track to graduate within four years.<\/p>\n

Degrees<\/strong>
\nSee\u00a0Degrees & Requirements<\/a>\u00a0for degrees available through the College of Science.<\/p>\n

Students entering any baccalaureate degree program in the College of Science are responsible for meeting the requirements of the Core Curriculum. The Core Curriculum<\/a> is Marshall\u2019s general education program and applies to all majors. The Core Curriculum is designed to provide essential skills for students\u2019 varied life paths after college in an ever-evolving world.<\/p>\n

Students are to consult with their academic\/program advisors or the chairperson of their major departments for guidance in determining the specific details of meeting the above referenced baccalaureate curricular initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regular admission to the university constitutes admission to the College of Science for students entering as first-year students and as transfers from other institutions. There is no separate admissions process. The College of Science will accept inter-college and college transfers. Students with a minimum ACT mathematics score of 21 and a minimum ACT composite score<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5123,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}