Graduation Requirements For a B.Sc. Degree (Major) and a B.Sc. Degree (General Science)

Note: The following graduation requirements apply to students who entered first year Science in the fall of 1997 or later, or who have transferred from another institution.

1. Completion of at least 120 UCC course credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. (Up to 60 credits may be transferred from another institution.) These credits may NOT include BIOL 360, MATH 100, MATH 110, MATH 190, PHYS 113, any Physical Education activity courses or any non-academic courses. If in doubt, students should contact an academic advisor or the B.Sc. Advisor. Remedial courses with course numbers less than 100 are also excluded.
2. At least 72 credits in Science disciplines (Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing Science, Forestry, Geology, Mathematics, Natural Resource Science, Physical Geography, Physics or Statistics).
3. At least 18 credits in courses outside of Science including at least 6 credits of English and 9 to 12 credits in at least two disciplines other than English. These credits may include no more than 3 credits from one of STSS 100 or EDCP 101. Students planning to take either of these courses must do so during their first or second year.
4. Specific lower level requirements:
   1. 24 (or 27*) credits of introductory science including:
   • 6 credits in Mathematics (MATH 113/123, MATH 114/124 or MATH 115/125)
   • 3 credits of Chemistry (CHEM 110 or CHEM 111)
   • 3 credits of Physics (PHYS 110 or PHYS 115)
   • 3 credits of Computing Science (COMP 100 or COMP 113) (Commencing in September 2001, students majoring in Computing Science must take COMP 198.)

     3 credits of Biology (BIOL 111 or BIOL 121 or BIOL 125/125L)

     or

   • 3 credits of Geology (GEOL 111 or GEOL 205)
   • 6 (or 9*) other credits of introductory science as required for a student's Major or area of concentration. (See specific requirements for each degree area.)

     *required for students majoring in Biology, Environmental Chemistry or Chemical Biology

   1. 6 to 9 credits of English including:
   • 3 credits first year English with a grade of B or better (ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 121) or 6 credits of first year English

     and

   • 3 credits of second year English (ENGL 229 or ENGL 230)
   1. 24 to 30 credits in other first and second year courses, for a total of 60 credits. (See specific requirements for each degree area.)

Note: Students should be careful to include courses which are prerequisite to any 300/400 level courses which are required in their chosen program.

1. Specific upper level requirements:

   At least 48 credits in courses numbered 300 or above including

   1. For a B.Sc. Degree (Major):
   • 30 to 39 credits in courses numbered 300 or above in the area of the major as outlined under the individual major options
   • the remaining upper level credits may be from any area of Arts, Humanities, Business, or Science
   1. For a B.Sc. Degree (Major) With a Minor:
   • meet the requirements of the B.Sc. Major

     and

   • 18 credits in courses numbered 300 or above in a discipline or approved area different from the Major

     Some specific Minor programs are still under development.

   1. For a B.Sc. Degree (General Science):
   • 18 credits in courses numbered 300 or above from one of the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematical and Computing Science (Computing Science, Mathematics, Statistics) and Physics

     and

   • 6 credits in courses numbered 300 or above in each of two of the other areas listed above

     or

   • 18 credits in courses numbered 300 or above from each of two of the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematical and Computing Science (Computing Science, Mathematics, Statistics) and Physics
   • the remaining upper level credits may be from any area of Arts, Humanities, Business, or Science.