Academics and Registration

• Course registration takes place August 6-7, and a normal course load is 4.0 courses per semester.
• You’ll be placed in a section of Core A based on a New Student Information Survey that will be available in early summer.
• After meeting with your academic advisor during orientation, you will have an opportunity to make changes to your schedule.
• Transfer students:
  • Attend registration demo in mid-July on Zoom and pre-register for classes after demo session.
  • Detailed information will be emailed to you from the Office of the Registrar.
  • Core A may be fully or partially waived depending on your transfer credits and academic standing. You will be notified about your Core requirement status separately.

• General advising and info sessions will be held throughout the summer.
• Each student is assigned a First Year Advisor; you’ll meet them during orientation to finalize your fall schedule
• Orientation includes an Academic Open House to meet faculty and learn more about majors and minors.
• Science: an advising guide will be available in the summer.
• Transfer students:
  • Professor Diane Thomson and Associate Dean of Faculty Warren Liu will serve as academic advisor for transfer students until they declare a major.
  • Students can meet with Dean Liu during a Zoom session held this summer prior to registering for classes.
  • Check your email regularly for more information.

Language placement exams are for students who have had experience with and/or formal instruction in languages other than English. In collaboration with Claremont McKenna College and Pomona College, Scripps students may take one or more language placement exams in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Placement exams allow you and your advisor to determine which course you should be placed into. While the exams do not provide course credit, they may satisfy the general education requirements for math and foreign language. In addition to the placement exam, foreign language requires a subsequent proficiency test administered by foreign language faculty to satisfy the general education requirement.

• Arabic: July 31 deadline
  • Primary Contact: Professor Bassam Frangieh at Claremont McKenna College
  • Students who do not have previous knowledge of Arabic must register for the introductory Arabic class.
  • Students who have studied Arabic before equivalent to two semesters of introductory level must register for ARBC033.
  • More advanced students must arrange to take the placement exam by contacting Professor Bassam Frangieh at Claremont McKenna College.
• Chinese: deadline TBD
  • All students must take the placement exam administered on Canvas.
  • For more information, visit Pomona College’s Language Placement Exams. Information will be updated throughout the summer.
• French, German, Italian, Spanish: July 15 deadline

These languages’ placement exams are administered on the Emmersion platform. You can access each language’s exam in Emmersion directly, below:

• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish
• • Primary contact: Foreign Languages Program Coordinator at Scripps College Becky Ballinger
  • If you have placed at an advanced level, you will be contacted and asked to take an additional oral proficiency exam.
  • For Emmersion technical issues, please visit Emmersion Learning Support.
• Japanese: deadline TBD
  • The Japanese placement test consists of three components; all three are required and available on Canvas.
  • For more information, visit Pomona College’s Language Placement Exams. Information will be updated throughout the summer.
• Korean: August 3, 10am PST, on Zoom
  • Primary Contact: Professor Minju Kim at Claremont McKenna College
  • The exam is expected to last approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.
  • No pre-registration is required.
• Latin: deadline TBD
  • Students who have previously studied Latin should take the placement exam on Canvas.
  • For more information, visit Pomona College’s Language Placement Exams. Information will be updated throughout the summer.
• Portuguese: July 31, 9-11 am PST, on Zoom
  • Primary contacts: Professor Norman Valencia at Claremont McKenna and Professor Mara Barbosa at Pitzer College
• Russian: deadline TBD
  • All students with knowledge of Russian must take the online placement exam on Canvas.
  • For more information, visit Pomona College’s Language Placement Exams. Information will be updated throughout the summer.

The math placement exam is offered in person during orientation.

Learn more about the music offerings at Scripps and The Claremont Colleges.

• Choir
• Orchestra
  • Learn more! Watch this brief video for new students.
• Piano
• Violin and Chamber Music
• Voice

• Accelerated General Chemistry (Chemistry 29): designed for students who have prior rigorous general chemistry preparation; course covers Chemistry 14 and 15 material in one semester. Course offered in spring semester.
• To take exam: contact Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Chris Dettmar

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