To earn a baccalaureate degree a student must complete (1) University requirements, (2) University Studies - General Education requirements, (3) University Writing Requirement, (4) Race & Ethnic Studies Requirement, (5) specific requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Applied Science Degree, (6) requirements for a major, and (7) Second Language competency if admitted with a High School Second Language Deficiency. Students earning a single major in Liberal Studies, or completing the Urban Honors program do not need to meet the University Studies General Education requirements.
Students bear final responsibility for ensuring that the courses taken are applicable toward satisfying their degree requirements.
Double Major
Students with two or more majors must identify which major is considered the primary/first major. The primary/first major will determine how the University Studies general education requirements are applied. Specifically, primary/first major courses cannot apply to University Studies clusters. (For this purpose, major courses include any course with a subject code that matches the major, plus any specific course required or used to meet major requirements, even if from another department.) Also, a few majors require an additional, specific Sophomore Inquiry course. If double majoring, the liberal studies major (which does not require University Studies general education requirements) cannot serve as the primary/first major. In this case the other major will be considered the primary/first major and the University Studies cluster restrictions will apply accordingly.