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Graduation Requirements: 2005-2006 Catalog Year

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The purpose of the college graduation requirements is to ensure that the student is introduced to disciplines outside the division of the major.

Unless the major field notes otherwise, students are considered to have fulfilled the college graduation requirements in the division of the major.

Students majoring in African and African American studies or Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o studies satisfy the college graduation requirements in either the humanities or the social and behavioral sciences, depending upon their concentrations; that is, these students fulfill the college requirements within the concentration of their major only. They may not use courses in the department to fulfill the colelge requirements outside their major concentration.

Students majoring in women and gender studies may complete the college social and behavioral sciences distribution area using courses within the major.

Students majoring in anthropology, geography, or psychology may not use ASM courses in the case of anthropology majors, GPH courses in the case of geography majors, or PSY courses in the case of psychology majors to satisfy the college graduation requirements in the natural sciences and mathematics.

Note: Courses used to fill the university General Studies requirement in humanities and fine arts (HU), social and behavioral sciences (SB), or laboratory sciences (SQ or SG) may not be used to fill college graduation requirements in the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and the natural sciences and mathematics.

A. Humanities (six semester hours). Each student is required to complete two upper-division courses of at least three semester hours each. Course prefixes are identified in the following section.

Course prefixes for the college graduation requirement in the humanities:

  1. AFH (African and African American studies)
  2. CSH (transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o studies)
  3. ENG (English)
  4. FMS (film and media studies)
  5. CHI, FLA, FRE, GER, GRK, HEB, ITA, JPN, KOR, LAT, POR, RUS, SCA, SPA (languages and literatures; literature or "civilization" courses at the 300-level or above that are not also used to meet the minimum language proficiency requirement)
  6. HPS (life sciences)
  7. HST (history)
  8. HUM (humanities)
  9. PHI (philosophy)
  10. REL (religious studies; religion, Bible, or theology courses from sectarian institutions may not be used to fill any college humanities requirement; such courses may be used only for elective credit toward a student's graduation).
  11. WSH (women and gender studies)

B. Natural sciences and mathematics (six semester hours). Each student is required to complete two courses of at least three semester hours each.

Course prefixes for the college graduation requirements in the natural sciences and mathematics:

  1. ASM (anthropology)
  2. BIO (biology)
  3. BCH, CHM (chemistry and biochemistry)
  4. CSE (computer science and engineering)
  5. GPH (geography)
  6. GLG (geological sciences)
  7. MAT, STP (mathematics and statistics)
    Note: Only MAT 119 and 170 or higher may be used to satisfy the college graduation requirements in natural sciences and mathematics.
  8. MIC (microbiology)
  9. AST, PHS, PHY (physics and astronomy)
  10. PLB, MBB (plant biology)
  11. PSY (psychology)

C. Social sciences (six semester hours). Each student is required to complete two upper-division courses of at least three semester hours each. Course prefixes of approved courses are identified in the following section.

Course prefixes for the college graduation requirements in the social and behavioral sciences:

  1. AFS (African and African American studies)
  2. ASB (anthropology)
  3. CSS (transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o studies)
  4. ECN (economics)
  5. GCU (geography)
  6. PGS (psychology)
  7. POS (political science)
  8. SGS (global studies)
  9. SOC (sociology)
  10. WST (women and gender studies) Note: Before the 1999-2000 edition of the General Catalog, all women's studies courses were listed as WST. Consult an advisor to verify if an earlier WST course should be considered WSH or WST.

D. Bridge course requirement (three semester hours). Each student is required to complete one college bridge course of at least three semester hours. Bridge courses contain substantial content that bridges at least two of the areas of inquiry noted in sections A, B, and C. Bridge courses cannot be double-counted to fulfill any other collge graduation requirement or the HU, SB, SQ, or SG portions of the General Studies requirement. Bridge courses may be double-counted with the major or literacy and critical inquiry, mathematical studies, or any of the awareness areas when applicable.

A list of currently approved college bridge courses.

E. Second Language Requirement. Each student is required to demonstrate proficiency by completing the courses in a second language specified below with a grade of "C" (2.00) or higher in each course. Second language course requirements consist of:

  1. Completion of second language course work at the intermediate level (202 or equivalent), those students completing this requirement in Ancient Greek must take both GRK 301 and 302; students completing the requirements in Portuguese or Romanian must complete POR 314 or ROM 314);
  2. A foreign language course at the 300-level or higher taught in the foreign language and having 202 or its equivalent as a prerequisite;
  3. Completion of secondary education at a school in which the language of instruction is not English; or
  4. Completion of SHS 202 American Sign Language IV or its equivalent.

F. Students are required to take a minimum of MAT 119 or higher. A grade of "C" (2.00) or higher must be earned in the chosen mathematics course.