College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Graduation Requirements

• 2006-2007 to current Catalog Year

All students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) must complete the university General Studies requirement as well as all requirements in the major. In addition, the college has established requirements that are specific to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
degrees.

A. Bachelor of Arts Degrees. Students pursuing BA degrees in the CLAS must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in a second language by completing the courses 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 requirement 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.

B. Bachelor of Science degrees. Students pursuing BS degrees in the CLAS must complete six semester hours (two courses) of “Science and Society” courses. Students should consult with an advisor in the department or school of their major for a list of appropriate courses.

C. All 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.

2005-2006 Catalog Year

The purpose of the CLAS graduation requirements is to ensure that the student is introduced to disciplines outside the division of the major. A list of major fields and their respective divisions is given in section I, subsection C. [Page 330 of the 2005-2006 ASU General Catalog]

Unless the major field notes otherwise in section I, subsection C, students are considered to have fulfilled the CLAS graduation requirements in the division of the major.

Students majoring in African and African American Studies or Chicana and Chicano Studies satisfy the CLAS graduation requirements in either the humanities or the social and behavioral sciences, depending upon their concentrations; that is, these students fill the CLAS requirements within the concentration of their major only. They may not use courses in the department to fill the CLAS requirements outside their major concentration.

Students majoring in Women and Gender Studies may complete the CLAS 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 CLAS 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 CLAS 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 CLAS graduation requirement in the Humanities:

1. AFH (African and African American Studies Program)

2. CSH (Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies)

3. ENG (Department of English)

4. FMS (Film and Media Studies)

5. CHI, FLA, FRE, GER, GRK, HEB, ITA, JPN, KOR, LAT, POR, RUS, SCA, SPA (Department of 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 (School of Life Sciences)

7. HST (Department of History)

8. HUM (Humanities)

9. PHI (Department of Philosophy)

10. REL (Department of Religious Studies; religion, Bible, or theology courses from sectarian institutions may not be used to fill any CLAS Humanities requirement; such courses may be used only for elective credit toward a student’s graduation).

11. WSH (Women and Gender Studies Program)

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 CLAS graduation requirements in the natural sciences and mathematics:

1. ASM (Department of Anthropology)

2. BIO (Biology)

3. BCH, CHM (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

4. CSE (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)

5. GPH (Department of Geography)

6. GLG (Department of Geological Sciences)

7. MAT, STP (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)

Note: Only MAT 119 and 170 or higher may be used to satisfy the CLAS graduation requirements in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

8. MIC (Microbiology)

9. AST, PHS, PHY (Department of Physics and Astronomy)

10. PLB, MBB (Plant Biology)

11. PSY (Department of 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 CLAS graduation requirements in the social and behavioral sciences:

1. AFS (African and African American Studies Program)

2. ASB (Department of Anthropology)

3. CSS (Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies)

4. ECN (Department of Economics)

5. GCU (Department of Geography)

6. PGS (Department of Psychology)

7. POS (Department of Political Science)

8. SGS (School of Global Studies)

9. SOC (Department of Sociology)

10. WST (Women and Gender Studies Program) 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 CLAS 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 fill any other CLAS 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.

For a list of currently approved CLAS bridge courses, access the Web site at http://clas.asu.edu/students/degreerequirements/bridge.htm.

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.

For the CLAS Graduation Requirements for earlier catalog years please refer to the appropriate catalog found at the General and Graduate Catalog and Course Archives.