College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts

The bachelor of arts degree is designed to provide students with a breadth of knowledge as well as the necessary skills to make the in-depth study of a major truly meaningful. In addition to the university-wide general education program, students pursuing a bachelor of arts degree must complete the coursework below. Except where expressly prohibited, a course used to fulfill a college-level requirement may also be used simultaneously to satisfy other requirements (university-wide general education requirements, college-level requirements, or requirements for the major).

1. Literature: 3 credits (in addition to the university-wide requirement, for a total of 6 credits of literature)

This may be fulfilled by any course in literature at the 200 level in English, by designated courses at the 300 level or above in Modern and Classical languages, or by PHIL 253.

2. Philosophy or religious studies: 3 credits

This may be fulfilled by any course in philosophy or religious studies (PHIL, RELI).

3. Social science:

a. for majors in mathematics and science: 3 credits (in addition to the university-wide requirement for a total of 6 credits of social science)

b. for majors in humanities and social science: 6 credits (in addition to the university-wide general education requirement for a total of 9 credits of social science, of which not more than 6 may be in a single discipline)

This may be fulfilled by any course in ADJ, ANTH, ECON, GEOG (except GEOG 102 or 309), GOVT, PSYC, or SOCI.

4. Natural science: 1 credit (in addition to the university-wide requirement for a total of 8 credits, which must be fulfilled by an approved two-semester laboratory science sequence in a single science). (This may not be fulfilled by BIOL 124 and 125 or by EVSC 205 and 206.)

5. Foreign language: 0-12 credits

Students must demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in one foreign language. The foreign language requirement is fulfilled by completion of one foreign language course at the 202 level or above or by a satisfactory score on an approved proficiency test. International students should consult the CAS Student Academic Affairs Office about a possible waiver of this requirement.

6. Non-Western culture: 3 credits

A course used to fulfill the university-wide general education global understanding requirement may not be simultaneously used to satisfy this college-level requirement. A course used to fulfill this requirement may be used simultaneously to fulfill any other requirements (university-wide general education requirements, college-level requirements, or requirements for the major).

This may be fulfilled by any of following courses.

• ANTH 114, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 311, 313, 332
• ARTH 203, 319, 320, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 482
• DANC 118
• ECON 361
• FREN 451
• GEOG 101, 316, 325, 330
• GOVT 328, 332, 333, 432
• HIST 125, 130, 251, 252, 261, 262, 271, 281, 282, 328, 329, 353, 354, 356, 387, 426, 459, 460, 461, 465, 466
• MUSI 103
• RELI 211, 212, 313, 314, 315, 337, 374, 490
• RUSS 353, 354

Students who can document having attended a native school in a non-Western country for at least four years may request a waiver from this requirement through the CAS Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office.

Requirements for each major are listed in the departmental sections that follow.