Degree Requirements
Chart: Requirements and Credit Hours—B.A.
In addition to fulfilling the requirements for a major, students pursuing a B.A. must also complete fundamental skills, distribution, and culture studies requirements. (Fundamental skills requirements encompass writing, foreign language, and math). Students must also complete a Topics course. Requirements completed in one area may, under certain conditions, also fulfill requirements in other areas. Finally, students may test out of all but 3 credit hours (Intensive Writing) of the fundamental skills requirement. The requirement for the major ranges from 25–42 credit hours, depending on the major.
The following chart depicts the credit hours required to fulfill a B.A. degree:
| Fundamental Skillls Requirements | Credit Hours | |
| Writing | ||
| English Composition | 3 | |
| Intensive Writing | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | ||
| Four-semester sequence | 10–18 | |
| Mathematics | 0–4 | |
| Distribution Requirement | ||
| Arts and Humanities (four courses) | 12 | |
| Social and Historical Studies (four courses) | 12 | |
| Natural and Mathematical Sciences (four courses) | 12–20 | |
| Culture Studies Requirement | ||
| Two courses from List A or one course from List A and one course from List B | 6 | |
| Topics Requirement | 3 | |
| Major Concentration | 25–42 | |
| Electives | 2–61 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 122 | |
| (including a minimum of 100 credit hours inside the College) |