CHAPTER 4. ADMISSION STANDARDS; COMPLETION OF CORE 40 CURRICULUM
IC 21-40-4
Chapter 4. Admission Standards; Completion of Core 40
Curriculum
IC 21-40-4-1
Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies beginning with the class of students
who enter a state educational institution as freshmen during the
2011-2012 academic year.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-4-2
Core 40 curriculum as requirement for regular admission
Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to:
(1) Ivy Tech Community College; and
(2) Vincennes University with respect to two (2) year degree
programs.
(b) Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, each
state educational institution must require a student who is an Indiana
resident to have completed either:
(1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; or
(2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum;
as a general requirement for regular admission as a freshman to the
state educational institution.
(c) Each state educational institution must establish the
institution's:
(1) requirements for regular admission; and
(2) exceptions to the institution's requirements for regular
admission.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-4-3
Core 40 curriculum not required for admission to two-year degree
programs
Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to:
(1) Ivy Tech Community College; and
(2) Vincennes University with respect to two (2) year degree
programs.
(b) A student who enters a state educational institution to which
this section applies to obtain a two (2) year degree is not required to
have completed either:
(1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; or
(2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum;
to be admitted to the state educational institution.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-4-4
Commission on higher education to encourage private institutions
to adopt similar requirements
Sec. 4. The commission for higher education shall encourage
accredited private postsecondary educational institutions to adopt
general regular admissions requirements and exceptions to the
regular admissions requirements that are similar to the requirements
set forth in section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-4-5
Students not completing Core 40 curriculum; admissions
requirement
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a student who has not
completed:
(1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; or
(2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum.
(b) A student to whom this section applies may apply for
acceptance as a transfer student at a state educational institution to
which section 2 of this chapter applies if the student has successfully
completed at least twelve (12) credit hours of college level courses
with at least a "C" average or the equivalent in each course.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-4-6
Core 40 curriculum not required for students at least 21 years of
age
Sec. 6. The requirement set forth in section 2(b) of this chapter
that a student must have completed the Core 40 curriculum or a
curriculum equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum for regular
admission does not apply to a student who will be at least twenty-one
(21) years of age during the semester for which the student seeks
admission.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.