Hours: You are expected to complete a minimum of 120 hours. Some majors and programs may require more than 120 hours. You are expected to complete the requirements for general education, for a major, for a minor (if required), and other coursework to achieve the minimum hours required for degree.
Grade Point Average: In order to receive your degree, you must have a 2.0 GPA in all UA course work and a 2.0 GPA in your total number of higher education courses. You must also have earned a 2.0 GPA in your major(s), and a 2.0 GPA in your minor(s). Your grade point average is computed by dividing your earned quality points by the hours you have attempted (quality hours).
Distribution:
You must have 90 semester hours of coursework in the disciplines that compose the College of Arts and Sciences.
Students in degree programs requiring a minimum of 120 hours may count no more than 42 hours in a single discipline toward the degree. Some exceptions may be made for certain double majors.
Upper-Level Courses: You must complete at least 36 hours of 300/400 level courses. The 36-hour total must include at least 12 hours in each major and at least 6 hours in each minor in residence on this campus.
Activity Credits: You may count no more than 4 hours of activity courses toward completion of your degree. Activity courses include lower-division Military Science (MIL) or Air Force Studies (AFS); recreation (HPL), coaching (HCA) courses; orientation, study skills, leadership, and career development courses (AS 101, AS 102, BCE 101, COM 100, GBA 145, GES 100, GES 131, GS 100, HES 100, NUR 102, NUR 104, UA 101, GS 111, NEW 111, NEW 222, AHE 450, BCE 210, HES 275, HES 250, NEW 201, NEW 202. (See page 67 of your University of Alabama Undergraduate Catalog.)
Student must earn at least 30 semester hours, including 9 of the last 18, while enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences on this campus.
Writing (W) courses are specially designated, upper division courses that you take during your junior and senior years. The University requires that these courses be taken on this campus to be used to fulfill the W requirement.
You can have more than one major and one minor. You can double major or have a major and two minors. The College suggests that you declare or be accepted into your major and minor as soon as possible. Students are urged to declare majors in science, mathematics, music, and art as soon as possible after first enrollment. Some departments (criminal justice, psychology, and communicative disorders) have restrictions on admission to the major, but most do not. The process for declaring a major and minor is easy. Come to 200 Clark Hall for information.
Students must submit an application for degree form in 200 Clark Hall the semester before they plan to graduate. See your advisor for more information.
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