Advising
  1. Each A.B. or B.S. student must develop a concentration plan in consultation with a concentration advisor, who must also approve it.
  2. Course requirements for the various concentration programs range from 24 to 48 credits at the 200-level and above.
  3. No more than 60 credits in a concentration (including courses in one department and the required cognates) may be counted toward the 120 for the degree. When an academic department has two or more SUBJECTs (e.g., Anthropology, Romance Languages and Literatures), a student may count a total of 60 credits from that department, not from each SUBJECT.
  4. No more than 60 credits in one language (other then English) may be counted in the 120 required for a degree. However, the 60 credit limit on courses elected in one concentration may be exceeded when the excess credits have been used to meet the language requirement.
  5. Students electing an area, interdepartmental, or special concentration may count no more than 60 credits in any one department.
  6. Students may not elect courses in a concentration plan, including required cognates, using the Pass/Fail grading option.
  7. A department or program may include Experiential or Directed Reading/Independent Study courses that are graded on a Credit/No Credit basis in its concentration program, but all other concentration courses must be taken for a grade.
  8. No course from the department of concentration or a required course in a concentration plan may be part of a distribution plan (see, however, "Double Concentration" below).
  9. A student must earn an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in courses taken in the field of concentration. This includes all courses taken in the department of concentration (prerequisites, required courses, and electives) and any required cognates. Exceptions for specific concentrations are in Chapter VI.
  10. Courses that are part of the student's concentration plan may also meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement, the Race & Ethnicity Requirement, or the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
  11. Effective in Fall 2004, students graduating with an Honors concentration are required to earn an overall GPA of 3.4. Individual departments may have higher GPA requirements for concentration courses. Check Honors concentration guidelines in individual departments in Chapter VI.