Major & Minor Requirements

All candidates for a degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must follow a program of study consisting of a major and minor concentration. A major concentration is a series of courses prescribed by a given department as being necessary for a major in that department. A major ordinarily includes 30 to 39 credits earned in a single department or in closely related departments. A minor concentration is a combination of courses from other departments that is designed to broaden the student’s perspective and buttress his/her major area of concentration. A minor consists of 15 to 18 credits earned in one or more areas outside the student’s major department.