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Lower division refers to the first two years of undergraduate study at a college or university, typically freshman and sophomore years.
Lower-division courses cover introductory and foundational material: She's still taking lower-division requirements.
The term contrasts with upper division, which covers junior and senior years and more advanced coursework.
- freshmanFirst-year student
- first yearOpening academic period
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- introductoryServing as a beginning
intro course · basic · prerequisite · survey · foundational · 101 · gen ed · general education · core · degree requirements · entry-level · beginner · junior college · community college · transfer · credits · requirements · remedial
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- prerequisitesprereqs, corequisite, degree requirement, corequisites, intro course
- Courseselective, required course, core course, introductory, advanced course
- Minor Leaguesminor leagues, minor league baseball, farm teams, farm team, minor league
- relegation battledrop zone, bottom three, survival, demoted, doomed
- underclassmenfreshman, freshmen, sophomore, sophomores, frosh
lower divisionupperclassmen
Juniors and seniors collectively
upperclassman · senior level · post-baccalaureate · graduate studies
lower, division, divide, lows, lowest, lowness, lowered, lowering, divisions