Competency in computing is required of all students.

All Sophomore Applied Computer Science majors, including transfer students, are required to take and pass an entrance exam, based on the 100 and 200 level computer science courses, before they may be admitted to 300 and 400 level computer science courses. A grade of 2.5 or better on a 100 and 200 level computer courses at Southern Wesleyan University or equivalent college transfer courses from any regionally accredited institution will exempt the student from the portion of the exam drawn from that course. Successfully passing the sophomore exam by scoring at least a 2.0 on each portion of the exam allows a student to move on to 300 and 400 level computer science courses. Individual portions of the exam may be retaken one time or the courses represented by those portions of the exam may be retaken.