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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate Degrees Offered

A student may choose to be governed by the degree requirements enumerated in any one of the following three catalogs: a) the catalog at the time of entrance; b) the catalog at the time of declaration of major; or c) the catalog at the time of graduation.

Requirements for the bachelor’s degree are:
1. Satisfactory completion of the College’s writing requirement:

a. All students must complete, with a grade of “C” or above, a minimum of three courses designated as LW (Learning to Write), WL (Writing to Learn), or LW/WL.
b. All students must meet a departmental requirement for writing (or another form of communication), designated by their major department or program.

2. Satisfactory completion of the College’s liberal arts breadth requirements. These requirements should normally be completed by the end of the student’s fourth semester. Students may not be granted junior status until they have completed these requirements.
The breadth requirements consist of:

a. At least 2 units in the division of natural sciences and mathematics, one of which must be a natural science; AND
b. At least 2 units in the division of social sciences; AND
c. At least 2 units in the division of arts and humanities.
Some courses may be excluded from meeting the divisional breadth requirement because of their narrow, technical, skill-oriented, or remedial character. Such exclusions are noted in the course descriptions.

3. Completion of a specific departmental or interdisciplinary major with a cumulative grade point average of at least “C” (2.0) in all full or fractional courses in the departmental or interdisciplinary major. Majors require at least 8 units, and self-designed interdisciplinary majors require at least 12 units. Majors may not require more than 11 units in any one department and may require no more than 15 units total, including supporting courses. Completion of a major requires certification by the appropriate committee, department, or program that all credit and non-credit-bearing requirements of that major have been met.

4. Completion of the College’s interdisciplinary requirement:

a. One unit of interdisciplinary studies;
OR
b. Two units of paired courses designated by faculty as a cluster.

5. At least 31 units of earned credit, with a cumulative grade point average of at least “C” (2.0) in all Beloit courses attempted.

a. Such credit is granted on the basis of work done at Beloit, Beloit credit by examination, CEEB advance placement and credit by examination, GCE A-level examination, IB examination, or work done elsewhere and accepted on transfer.
b. At least 16 units must be completed at Beloit College.
c. No more than 2 units of credit earned elsewhere may be transferred to Beloit during the senior year.
d. No more than 22 units in any one division may be counted toward the total of 31 units required for graduation.
e. No more than 13 units in any one department may be counted toward the total of 31 units required for graduation.
f. No credit shall be granted for repetition of a course for which credit has previously been earned, unless the course is designated as repeatable.
g. No more than 4 units of course work offered by the physical education department may be counted toward the 31 units required for graduation.
h. No more than 4 units of field experience credit from experientially based programs (including field terms, off-campus domestic and international programs, and/or life experience) may be counted toward the 31 units required for graduation. No more than 2 units of field experience credit may be used to count toward a major. No more than 2 units of field experience credit may be completed in one semester. The approval of the dean of the College is required in order to count more than 2 units of field experience credit.
i. No more than a total of 1 unit of teaching assistantship (395) may be counted toward the 31 units required for graduation.
j. No more than a total of 2 units of English as a second language may be counted toward the 31 units required for graduation.

Degree Expectations

(1) Students will be expected to complete at least two units (or equivalent non-credit-bearing activities) involving study or experience of a language and/or culture not their own, and of the relations between nations or other global entities in a global context.

(2) Students will be expected to include an experiential learning component in their academic programs.

(3) Students will be expected to complete a comprehensive academic plan (My Academic Plan or MAP) during their sophomore year in consultation with their advisor.