ARTS & SCIENCES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

Students must satisfy the following requirements in order to graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences:

• 128 Total credit hours
• 42 hours of upper-level (300/400 level) credit hours
• 96 hours in A&S courses
• 30 hours of residence credit minimum hours, including half of the hours of the major and one quarter of the hours of the minor.
• A minimum graduation GPA of 2.00
• Effective Fall 1997, only 18 hours of university honors courses may count for A&S credit
• Completion of a major and a minor, a double major, or special curricula of the College
• Completion of the Core requirements
• A grade of C (not C-) or higher in all Core classes
• Completion of 6 of 7 of the A&S group requirements
• English competence, as explained in the E-Advisor advisement session on transferring into A&S
• At least one semester of resident enrollment subsequent to admission to A&S, with a minimum of 6 semester hours taught by A&S departments

It is important to pay especially close attention to the following details:

• The College of Arts and Sciences offers 5 majors that do not require minors:
  • Biochemistry (BA or BS) (see p. 144 of 2003-05 Catalogue);
  • American Studies (BA) on (see p. 127 of 2003-05 Catalogue);
  • Economics-Philosophy (BA) on (see p. 176 of 2003-05 Catalogue);
  • English-Philosophy (BA) on (see p. 187 of 2003-05 Catalogue);
  • Languages (BA) Track A (see p.188 of 2003-05 Catalogue) .

If your major is not on this list then you must have a minor in order to graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

• A&S does not count 100/200 level transfer courses as upper-level hours; any course taken as a lower-level course (100/200 level) will be ineligible to use toward the A&S 42 hour upper-level requirement. This is true even if your electronic degree audit (and your major or minor department) regard the course as an upper-level equivalent.

• You may not “double count” a course. This means you cannot use the same course to count toward your major and your minor; nor may you transfer in a course and subsequently take the same course at UNM and receive credit for both classes.

• Students who change Colleges often find that they cannot count all their previously earned credits toward the graduation requirements of their new College. For example, a student who decides to transfer from the College of Fine Arts to the College of Arts and Sciences will likely find that s/he will not be able to apply directly all her/his Fine Arts credits to the A&S degree.

• Some major/minor combinations are arranged in a manner such that students need to pay especially careful attention to the need to earn upper-level (300/400 level) credits. For instance, students seeking a Biology major combined with a Psychology minor need to plan closely when selecting upper-level credits in order to ensure the 42 hour requirement is met by the desired graduation date.

• For additional details and exceptions, consult p. 122 of the 2003-05 Catalogue, or click here.