Basic Requirements (Applicable to all B.A. Degree Options)

To graduate with a UCC B.A., students must meet all of the following requirements:

1. Course Credit Requirements. Successful completion of 120 credits. No more than 42 credits may come from courses numbered below 200. A minimum of 48 credits must come from 300-400 level courses. Students may transfer up to 60 approved credits from other post-secondary institutions, but at least 36 credits in 300-400 level courses must be completed at UCC. Students registered in their second 30 credits (credits 31 to 60) may take up to 6 credits in 300-400 level courses for which they have the prerequisites. A maximum of 12 credits may be taken in courses outside the Arts and Sciences. (No approval is needed for UCC courses that carry academic credit at this institution. UCC courses taught for Physical Education, Career and Vocational programs are evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Other outside credits must be approved by the B.A. Advisor and/or the Dean of Arts.)
2. GPA Requirement. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for graduation.
3. First-Year English Requirement. A minimum of six first-year English credits.
4. Scientific and Formal Reasoning Requirement. A minimum of nine academic course credits in any combination of courses in:

   Science	ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, FRST, GEOL, NRSC, PHYS
   Physical Geography	GEOG 112, 122
   Mathematics	MATH
   Computing Science	COMP
   Statistics*	STAT or any one of BUEC 232, PSYC 210, SOCI 271
   Formal Logic	PHIL 222
   Understanding Scientific Reasoning	PHIL 240
   *Note: Credit will normally be given for only one of the following introductory statistics courses: BIOL 300, BUEC 232, MATH 120, PSYC 210, SOCI 271.

5. Breadth Requirement. A minimum of one 100-200 level course in at least four separate Arts disciplines. Arts disciplines include: Anthropology, Canadian Studies, Chinese, Economics, English, Film, Fine Arts, French, Geography, German, History, Japanese, Philosophy, Political Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, Speech and Theatre.

   Courses used for the purposes of fulfilling this requirement may also be used to fulfill the Distribution Requirement, Second Language Requirement, or 100-200 Level Writing Intensive Requirement. However, courses used to fulfill this requirement must be exclusive of any course used to fulfill the First-Year English Requirements and the Scientific and Formal Reasoning Requirement.

6. Distribution Requirement. A minimum of one 100-200 level course in at least two of the following categories:

   Humanities	History, Modern Languages, English Literature, Philosophy
   Social Sciences	Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Studies, Psychology, Sociology
   Creative and Performing Arts	Film, Fine Arts, Theatre, Music, Creative Writing

   Courses used for the purposes of fulfilling this requirement may also be used to fulfill the Breadth Requirement, Second Language Requirement, or 100-200 level Writing Intensive Requirement. However, courses used for the purposes of fulfilling this requirement must be exclusive of any course used to fulfill the First-Year English Requirement and the Scientific and Formal Reasoning Requirement. Furthermore, students may not use two courses in the same discipline (e.g., an English Literature class and a Creative Writing class) to fulfill the Distribution Requirement.

7. Second Language Requirement. A second language to grade 12 or six credits in a post-secondary second language courses.

   Courses used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill the Breadth Requirement or Distribution Requirement.

8. 100-200 Level Writing Intensive Requirement. A minimum of six credits in 100-200 level courses selected from a list of designated courses that are writing intensive.

   Courses used for the purposes of fulfilling this requirement may also be used to fulfill the Breadth Requirement or Distribution Requirement. However, course fulfilling this requirement must be exclusive of any course used to fulfill the First-Year English Requirement.

   100-200 Level Writing Intensive Courses (2000-2001) (Please check with Academic Advisors for any additions)
   ANTH	215, 260
   CNST	242
   ECON	243, 260, 295
   ENGL	201, 202, 204, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 240, 241
   FINA	111, 121, 150, 202, 204, 211, 215, 221
   GEOG	222
   HIST	All 100 and 200 level courses
   PHIL	121, 201, 221, 224, 229, 239
   POLI	225
   SOCI	216, 223, 250, 259
   THTR	211, 221

9. 300-400 Level Writing Intensive Requirement. Minimum of six credits in 300-400 level courses selected from a list of designated courses that are writing intensive.

   300-400 Level Writing Intensive Courses (Please check with Academic Advisors for any additions)
   ANTH	300, 312, 327, 400, 401, 403, 415, 420, 433, 460
   BUEC	333, 433
   CNST	311, 312
   ECON	310, 350, 355, 360, 365, 367, 370, 371, 374
   ENGL	307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 335, 355, 365, 366, 371, 375, 380, 381, 382, 384, 385, 386, 389, 391, 394, 400, 404, 413, 414, 415, 416, 421, 422, 425, 426, 434, 435, 436, 437, 444, 445, 446, 447, 451, 460, 461
   GEOG	320, 321, 327, 328, 350, 423, 450
   HIST	All 300 and 400 level courses
   JOUR	305, 310, 320, 410, 420, 453, 454, 455
   PHIL	314, 315, 316, 321, 330, 339, 349, 375, 416, 418, 419, 425, 426, 433, 435, 439, 451
   POLI	301, 305, 346, 360, 362, 402
   SOCI	350, 361, 368, 380, 382, 413, 464, 470
   THTR	311, 312, 321, 322, 326, 327, 360, 400, 425, 426, 430, 460