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Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2014-2015
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Degrees Conferred
Birmingham-Southern College confers the earned undergraduate
degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Musical Arts,
Bachelor of Music Education, and Bachelor of Science.
Requirements for any Bachelor’s Degree
To earn any bachelor’s degree offered by the College, a student must
complete the following requirements:
(1) Total units: pass a minimum of 32 units or the equivalent,
including two Exploration terms. No more than two Exploration terms may
count toward graduation.
(2) General education: successfully complete the Explorations
Curriculum Requirements listed in the following section of this catalog.
(3) Major: successfully complete a concentration consisting of a
minimum of eight units. For the Bachelor of Arts degree or the Bachelor of
Science degree, no more than 20 units in a disciplinary or interdisciplinary
major and its supporting courses (including Exploration terms) may be
presented toward the 32 units required for graduation.
(4) Academic areas: complete at least one regular term unit in
each of four academic areas: fine and performing arts (art, art history,
theatre, music), social sciences (economics, political science, psychology,
sociology), natural sciences (astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, UES
150, UES 160), and humanities (Asian studies, Arabic, Chinese, Classics,
English, French, Hebrew, history, Latin, philosophy, religion, Sanskrit,
Spanish; excluding EH 102 or EH 208, and language courses at or below the
intermediate level). These courses may be used to fulfill general education
and major requirements.
(5) Grade point average: earn a minimum grade point average of 2.00
(a “C” average) on all work completed at Birmingham-Southern College
and a minimum grade point average of 2.00 on all work completed for
a major or minor. Students who pursue an interdisciplinary major must
maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in the required courses
in each of the disciplines. Students who have transferred to Birmingham-
Southern College from another institution must have a minimum
cumulative 2.00 average, a minimum 2.00 average on all work completed at
the College, and a minimum 2.00 average on all courses in the major and
minor that are completed at Birmingham-Southern College.
