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Winthrop's admissions team is ready and available to help you. If you have any questions,
there are three ways you can contact us:
Phone: 803/323-2191
Email: Admissions@winthrop.edu
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Also, please see our FAQs for prospective students and families amid Covid-19.
What they really mean, when they say
ACAD: Principles of the Learning Academy — a 1-credit course required of all freshmen (ACAD 101) or a 1-credit optional course
for new transfers (ACAD 300)
ASC: Academic Success Community or Academic Success Center
Big Stuff: Winthrop's Mascot
CAS: College of Arts and Sciences
CBA: College of Business Administration
COE: College of Education
CRTW: Critical Reading Thinking and Writing (pdf - 288 KB)— a 3-credt course required for all students
CSL: Council of Student Leaders
CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
DiGs: DiGiorgio Campus Center
GLI: Global Learning Initiative
HMXP: Human Experience — a 3-credit course required for all students
IC: International Center
IT: Information Technology
TOLM: Transfer Orientation Leader & Mentor
RA: Resident Assistant
RLC: Residential Learning Coordinator
UC: University College
WPO: Winthrop Post Office Box (mailbox)