Writing (6 Hours)

English 101 and 102 must each be passed with a grade of C or higher, and must be completed within the first sixty hours of the degree in order to count these hours toward the total needed for graduation. English 101 is prerequisite to English 102, and students must complete both English 101 and 102 (or equivalent) before taking any other English course.

• ENGL 101 - Critical Reading and Composition
• ENGL 102 - Rhetoric and Composition

Foreign Languages (0-9 Hours)

Demonstration of proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to the minimal passing grade on the exit examination in the 122 course. Students can demonstrate this proficiency by successfully completing Phase II of the Proficiency Test or by successfully completing the 122 course, including the exit exam administered as part of that course.

History (9 Hours)

Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning (6 Hours)

Select 1 option from the following:

Laboratory Sciences (8 Hours)

Select 2 laboratory courses from the following:

• Anthropology (ANTH) ANTH 161 
• Astronomy (ASTR)
• Biology (BIOL)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Environmental Studies (ENVR) ENVR 101 , ENVR 101L 
• Geology (GEOL)
• Marine Science (MSCI)
• Physics (PHYS)

Each science course must have a co-requisite laboratory. The 2 courses need not be taken in the same field. Lab credit cannot be applied unless its co-requisite lecture is also applied.

Philosophical Reasoning (3 Hours)

• Select 1 course in Philosophy (PHIL), excluding PHIL 110 and PHIL 111

Humanities (12 Hours)

Must include areas specified below. Major prerequisites may be used for no more than three hours of the Humanities requirement. 399 courses and internships may not fulfill this requirement.

Social Sciences (9 Hours)

Select 3 courses from at least 2 of the following subject areas: 

• Anthropology (ANTH) excluding 161, 399 and 501
• Criminology and Criminal Justice (CRJU) excluding 202, 301, 399, 494
• Economics (ECON) excluding 399, 421, 499, 524, 595. ECON 221 and 222 or 224 are prerequisite to all upper level courses. Students may apply 221 and 222, or 224, but not both, to the degree
• Geography (GEOG) excluding 201, 202, 399, 595
• Latin American Studies (LASP) 301 , 311 , 312 , 315 , 322 , 325 , 331 , 351 , 398  pending content, 425 , 451 , 455  only
• Linguistics (LING) 300 , 340 , 405  pending content, 442 , 505  pending content, 540 , 541 , 543 , 545 , 567 , 570 , 600  only
• Political Science (POLI) excluding 379, 399
• Psychology (PSYC) excluding 226, 227, 228, 399, and 594-599; 101 is prerequisite to all courses numbered 400 and above
• Sociology (SOCY) excluding 220, 399; 101 is prerequisite for all others
• Southern Studies (SOST) 298 , 299 , 301 , 302  pending content, 305 , 405  pending content
• Women and Gender Studies (WGST) 112  , 210  , 300  , 301  , 304  , 305  , 307  , 308 , 310 , 351 , 352 , 358, 430  pending content, 454 , 525 , 554 , 555 

No more than 3 hours of major prerequisites may be applied towards the fulfillment of the Social Science requirement.

Internship and independent study courses as well as social science statistics courses may not be applied to the social sciences requirement.

Cultural Awareness (9 Hours)

A minimum of 3 courses, with at least 1 course from each of the following:

1. a course treating in some specific way the culture of the student's foreign language
2. a course in North American studies
3. a course in a culture other than American or Western European

A wide variety of courses can be considered under the general category of "Cultural Awareness." Students are directed to consult the Guidelines for Advisement and their major advisors for specific courses.

Cognate

The cognate is designed to support the major. The cognate must consist of twelve (12) hours of courses at the advanced level, outside of but related to the major, and the cognate must be approved by the major department through the major advisor. The cognate may be taken in one or more departments or degree programs, depending on the interests of the student and the judgment of the advisor. In certain cases, cognate courses may be selected from the professional schools.

• Cognates must be selected from outside the student's major program.

It should be emphasized that the cognate is not a second set of elective courses to be chosen at random by the student. The cognate must be approved by the advisor as being related to the major field of study. The Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs will not recognize cognates that have not been approved by the major department. Students are urged to consult their departmental advisors for specific requirements in their major.

• All cognate courses must be passed with a grade of C or higher.
  
  

Minor

In place of the cognate a student in the College of Arts and Sciences may choose a minor consisting of at least 18 credit hours of prescribed courses. The subject area of the minor may be related to the major. Students pursuing interdisciplinary minors who wish to use courses in their major department for minor credit must petition the College Committee on Scholastic Standards and Petitions for permission to do so.

The minor is intended to develop a coherent basic preparation in a second area of study. It differs from the cognate inasmuch as the courses must be concentrated in one area and must follow a structured sequence. Interdisciplinary minors can be designed with the approval of the dean.

• Courses applied toward general education requirements cannot be counted toward the minor.
• No course may satisfy both major and minor requirements.
• All minor courses must be passed with a grade of C or higher.
• At least half of the courses in the minor must be completed in residence at the University.