Students must comply with the degree requirements as stated in one edition of the Catalogue in place during the time they are enrolled. However, since the curriculum is viewed as a coherent whole, selected parts from different catalogues may not be counted. Students who do not complete the degree within seven years must comply with the requirements in the catalogue current at the date of readmission. Disputed rulings may be appealed to the Committee on Academic Standing.
A student must earn a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 in a program comprised of a minimum of 122 credits to include two credits of physical education activities. Students receiving degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences may apply no more than 10 credits of Physical Education toward the 122 required for graduation. Students 25 years of age or older at the time of admission to the University or students with a documented medical condition which precludes participation in such activities are exempt from the physical education requirement and must present a total of 120 hours of academic credit.
Of the 122 hours of credit required, students electing a minor offered by the College must complete 96 hours in courses offered by departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. The remaining 24 hours may be taken in courses offered by any academic unit at The University of Vermont. Students electing an approved minor offered by another school or college of the University, must complete 84 hours in courses offered by the departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. The remaining 36 hours of credit, to include courses required for the minor, may be taken in courses offered by any academic unit of The University of Vermont.
No more than eight hours of Military Studies credit may apply toward the degree. Courses taken on a pass/no pass basis may not be used toward completion of any requirement listed below under sections C and D and E.
A student must be matriculated in the College of Arts and Sciences and in residence at The University of Vermont during the period in which he or she earns 30 of the last 45 hours of academic credit applied toward the degree.
Guidelines for a Second Bachelor's Degree
A student must complete the following courses which comprise the general and distributive requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree. All courses used to satisfy these requirements must carry at least three hours of credit and may not be taken on a pass/no pass basis. Each semester Special Topics and cross-listed courses (95, 96, 195, 196, 295, 296) are offered which may meet general and distributive requirements. Check in the Dean's office if you have a question about a specific course.
Non-European Cultures: One course, other than a foreign language, which deals with non-European cultural traditions.1 The course selected to satisfy this requirement may also be used to fulfill the distributive requirement, but one course cannot be used to satisfy both General Requirements 1 and 2.
Race Relations and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: One course which addresses centrally the question of race relations and ethnic diversity in the U.S.2 The course selected to satisfy this requirement may also be used to fulfill the distributive requirement, but one course cannot be used to satisfy both General Requirements 1 and 2.
Six of the seven categories must be completed. However, the College requires that John Dewey Honors Program students complete the BA distribution requirements in all seven categories. No more than two courses from the same department may be used to satisfy the distribution requirement. No single course may satisfy more than one category, except that a foreign language course which fulfills the literature category simultaneously fulfills the category of foreign language. Courses which satisfy major and minor requirements may also be used to satisfy distribution requirements.
Foreign Language: One course numbered 52, or in Latin, 51 and 52, or one course numbered 100 or above (except Spanish 105). A student who has achieved a score of 4 or better on an appropriate Advanced Placement Test will be exempt from this requirement.3 Exemption will also be granted to those students who achieve a score of 650 or better on the appropriate CEEB Achievement Test and who pass oral and written tests administered by the appropriate foreign language department.
Mathematical Sciences: One mathematics course numbered 17 or above or Statistics 51 or above or Computer Science 11 or above.
Fine Arts: One course in Studio Art or Art History, Music,4 Theatre,5 or Film and Television Studies.
Literature: One course selected from a list of approved offerings in Classics, English, French, German, World Literature, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.6
Humanities: Two courses selected from a list of approved offerings in ALANA U.S. / Ethnic Studies, Art History, Classics, Greek, History, Latin, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion.7
Social Sciences: Two courses selected from a list of approved offerings in Anthropology, Communication Sciences, Economics, Geography, Area and International Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Vermont Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies.8
Natural Sciences: Two courses, one of which must include laboratory experience, from among the offerings in Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Physics.
A student must complete an approved Major in the College of Arts and Sciences by satisfying the requirements specified by the department or program supervising the major and by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 in the major field. Unless specifically required, no more than 45 hours of credit in courses with the same departmental prefix may be used toward completion of the 122 hours of credit required for graduation. At least one-half of the credit hours used toward the major requirements must be taken at The University of Vermont. Of these, at least 12 credits must be at or above the 100 level. Application of credits earned elsewhere to completion of the major is subject to approval by the appropriate department chairperson or program director. No courses applied toward satisfaction of major requirements may be taken on a pass/no pass basis.
A student must complete a minor approved by the College of Arts and Sciences in a field other than the major by satisfying the requirements specified by the department or program supervising the minor. 9 Also, a student must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 in the minor field.10 Completion of a second major will satisfy the minor requirement. As with the major, at least one-half of the credit hours used toward completion of the minor requirements must be taken at The University of Vermont, and application of credits earned elsewhere toward completion of the minor is subject to approval by the appropriate department chairperson or program director. No courses applied toward satisfaction of the minor requirements may be taken on a pass/no pass basis.
