BA in Political Science - Legal Studies in Seattle United States | Seattle University

Students should have completed the following minimal program in high school (each unit is equivalent to one academic year of study): English: 4 units, mathematics (college preparatory): 3 units, social studies: 3 units, laboratory science: 2 units, foreign language: 2 units, and additional academic units from above disciplines: 2 units; have the equivalent of a U.S. grade-point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; presenting ACT or SAT will enhance an application, and sufficiently high critical reading and writing scores will be accepted in lieu of the TOEFL. International students should have obtained 92 in the internet TOEFL, 580 in the paper TOEFL, 7.0 in the IELTS exam, 83 per cent in the institutional MELAB test, 62 in the Pearson Test of English, 22 in English and reading section of ACT exam, and 450 in critical reading and writing section of the SAT exam. Applicants, who complete their entire high school curriculum in the United States or Canada, or at American schools abroad, may have the English proficiency requirement waived if their transcript does not include any ESL course work and the high school cumulative grade point average is 2.75 or higher.