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requirements for the baccalaureate degree

Credit Hour Requirements

The College of Liberal Arts requires that students complete a minimum of 123 credits in order to graduate. Of that total, 90 credits must be in CLA or in the College of Science and Technology. Of those 90 credits, 45 must be upper level (numbered 100 or above). Of those 45 credits, students receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree must distribute their course selections to satisfy the upper level distribution requirement.

Students must also satisfy the requirements of the University Core Curriculum.

College of Liberal Arts' credit hour requirements are as follows:

· The liberal arts baccalaureate degrees require a minimum of 123 credit hours, distributed according to University and College policy outlined below, with at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA). A minimum 2.0 GPA must also be maintained in CLA/CST course and in the major.
· Students who wish to transfer into the College must have at least a 2.0 GPA, overall in the colleges of CLA/CST, and in their anticipated major.
· To earn a CLA baccalaureate degree, a student must complete a minimum of 90 semester hours in CLA/CST courses.
· A course is classified as a College of Liberal Arts or College of Science and Technology course if it is offered by a department in either college, or by the departments of Economics or Art History.
· Students majoring in Music can obtain information concerning the minimum number of semester hours in CLA/CST courses required for graduation from the major advisor and from the description of the major found in this Bulletin.
· These credit hour requirements apply to students entering fall, 1995 or later.
· A maximum of nine semester hours in preparatory courses (courses numbered 0001-0049) may be applied to any baccalaureate degree. Semester hours earned in Mathematics 0015, Military Science, and RCC-Enhanced do not count toward the minimum semester hours required for graduation.

Bachelor of Arts Requirements

Core

Bachelor of Arts candidates must complete the University Core requirements with the following difference: For the Core Language or International Studies requirement, the College of Liberal Arts requires candidates for the B.A. to complete both an International Studies and a Language requirement in one of the following ways:
· Complete the third semester of a language (course number C061, except in Critical Languages) and one international studies course or
· Complete the second semester of a language (course number 0052, except in Critical Languages) and two international studies courses, at least one of which must be "Third World/Non-Western."

Upper level distribution requirements

B.A. students must complete upper level distribution requirements by taking two upper level CLA courses outside the curriculum division of the major (or upper level College of Science and Technology courses.) Students who have double majors in the same division must take two upper level courses outside this division. Students who have double majors in two different divisions automatically satisfy the distribution requirement. Students taking an interdisciplinary major or program must take at least one upper level course in each of the two divisions.

Major

Students must also complete the requirements of a major. The minimum acceptable grade in a course taken to fulfill major requirements is a C-. Students are encouraged to declare their major by the end of the freshman year; forms for this purpose are available in the Academic Advising Center in Sullivan Hall.
B.A. majors are offered in the following programs:

  • African American Studies
  • American Culture and Media Arts
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology (includes tracks in Human Biology and Visual
  • Anthropology)
  • Asian Studies
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economics
  • English
  • Environmental Studies (BA or BS)
  • French
  • Geography and Urban Studies
  • Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature
  • Greek and Roman Classics
  • Hebrew
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Italian
  • Jewish Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Mathematical Economics
  • Music
  • Organizational Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Russian (See German and Slavic)
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Women's Studies

Curriculum Divisions

Students should use the following curriculum divisions in satisfying the distribution requirements mentioned above:

  • Humanities: Art History, English, Foreign Languages, Greek and Roman Classics, Music*, Philosophy, Religion.
  • Social Sciences: African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies.

*Courses in Music may not be used to satisfy upper level distribution requirements.

Placement Tests

All incoming freshmen must take diagnostic English and mathematics placement tests. Transfer students who have not completed English C050 or a college level math course are also required to take placement examinations. The results of these tests determine if students are required to enroll in preparatory composition and mathematics courses. Students assigned to English 0040/0041 must register each semester for that course until the requirement is completed. Only upon successful completion of English 0040/0041 can such students enroll in English C050/C051.
Students assigned to courses designed to remedy deficiencies in mathematics are required to complete those courses before enrolling in the mathematics component of the University Core.
Incoming students must also take a foreign language placement examination if they plan to continue a language previously studied, or if they wish to place out of the foreign language requirement.

Special Major and Minor Requirements

Interdisciplinary Major

Rather than major in an existing department or program, students may apply for a major in Interdisciplinary Studies. The proposed major should consist of coursework totaling at least 36 semester hours, and be justified in terms of some thematic unit of cohesive rationale. The program must not closely resemble any major currently available in the College of Liberal Arts.
The proposed major program may include courses outside of the College of Liberal Arts, but at least 24 semester hours must be in upper level liberal arts or science courses. The student's proposal must be sponsored by two faculty members from different departments, at least one of whom must be in the College of Liberal Arts. Approval for the program must be obtained from the College of Liberal Arts Academic Advising Center prior to the initiation of the last 60 semester hours of the degree.

Honors Interdisciplinary Major

Students in the University Honors Program may apply for a College of Liberal Arts Honors Interdisciplinary Major. They must complete the degree requirements of the B.A. in the College of Liberal Arts and the requirements for the Interdisciplinary Major described above as well as the requirements for the University Honors Program. Approval for this program must also be obtained from the University Honors Committee prior to the initiation of the last 60 semester hours of the degree.
In addition, the proposed Major Program should include submission of an acceptable Honors Thesis to the University Honors Steering Committee.

Minor

Students may also choose to complete the requirements for a minor. The minimum acceptable grade in a course taken to fulfill minor requirements is C-. The minimum GPA for all College of Liberal Arts minors is 2.0. This requirement is superseded if a higher GPA is required by a specific minor program. At least half of the courses taken by a student to fulfill the minor must be taken at Temple. Forms for declaring a minor are available in the following programs:

  • African American Studies
  • American Studies
  • Ancient Mediterranean Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Asian-American Studies
  • Asian Studies
  • Cognitive Neuroscience (see Psychology)
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economics
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • French
  • Geography and Urban Studies
  • German
  • Greek and Roman Classics
  • Hebrew
  • History
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Jewish Studies 
  • Latin American Studies
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Portuguese (see Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Russian
  • Sociology
  • Sociology of Health
  • Spanish
  • Visual Anthropology (see Anthropology)
  • Women's Studies

Certificates of Specialization

Students may choose to complete the requirements for an additional Certificate of Specialization. Forms for declaring a certificate are available in the Academic Advising Center in Sullivan Hall. Certificates of Specialization are available in the following programs:
· Asian Business and Society (see Asian Studies)
· Foreign Languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish (see departments)
· Geography of Sports, Recreation and Tourism Planning (see Geography and Urban Studies)
· Geography of Tourism (see Geography and Urban Studies)
· Latin American Studies and Spanish for Business (see Spanish)
· Latino Studies and Spanish for Health and Human Services Professions (see Spanish)
· Management Career (see Economics)
· Multilingual Business and Government Studies (see Spanish)
· Neuroscience (see Psychology)
· Political Economy (see Political Science)
· Sociology Health Research (see Sociology)
· Women's Studies (see Women's Studies)
· Writing (see English)

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