Direct admission to a major for beginning freshmen
When reviewing your application, the admissions committee will determine not only if you are admissible to IU Indianapolis, but for most programs they'll also do a secondary review to see if you are eligible for direct admission into your selected major.
If you do not qualify for direct admission, you'll be admitted into University College, where you'll complete pre-requisite courses for your program before being considered again after your freshman or sophom*ore year.
The exceptions to this review process are applicants to fine arts programs in the Herron School of Art and Design and the School of Nursing. Both of these schools manage their direct admission internally. If you apply to majors in either of these schools, and qualify for admission to IU Indianapolis, you'll first be admitted into University College.
School of Science
Direct admission into the School of Science with test scores:
Programs:Biology (BA), geology (BA), psychology (BA and BS)
3.0 cumulative GPA and 1080 on the SAT(including a minimum of 530 on the math component)or 21 on the ACT (with a minimum of 21 or higher on the math component).
Programs:Environmental science, biology (BS), chemistry (BA and BS), forensic and investigative sciences, geology (BS), mathematics, neuroscience.
3.0 cumulative GPA and 1080 on the SAT(including a minimum of 530 on the math component)or 21 on the ACT (with a minimum of 21 or higher on the math component).
Program: Physics.
3.0 cumulative GPA and 1110 on the SAT(including a minimum of 570 on the math component)or 22 on the ACT (with a minimum of 24 or higher on the math component).
Direct admission into the School of Science without test scores:
Programs:Biology (BA), geology (BA), psychology (BA and BS)
3.3 cumulative GPA.
Must be enrolled in, or have completed, Algebra 2 or higher.
Programs:Environmental science, biology (BS), chemistry (BA and BS), forensic and investigative sciences, geology (BS), mathematics, neuroscience, physics.
3.3 cumulative GPA.
Must be enrolled in, or have completed, pre-calculus or trigonometry or higher.
