2010-2011 BA Degree Requirements 

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The degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) is awarded by the University upon successful completion of any of the undergraduate academic plans described under "BA Academic Plans." Students must successfully complete all program- and plan-level requirements. These include:

  1. Program-Level Requirements

Note

Only the first four 0.25 credit courses appearing on the student's record are included in unit and average calculations (see "Unit Weights" in the Faculty of Arts section of the Calendar).

  1. Plan-Level Requirements

BA Breadth Requirements

All Bachelor of Arts students must meet the BA Breadth Requirements:

Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts

0.5 unit

DAC, DRAMA, FINE, MUSIC, SPCOM

Humanities

1.0 unit

CLAS, ENGL, HIST, PHIL, RS

Languages and Cultures

1.0 unit

CHINA, CROAT, DUTCH, EASIA, FR, GER, GRK, ITAL, ITALST, JAPAN, JS, KOREA, LAT, POLSH, PORT, REES, RUSS, SI, SPAN, UKRAN. See Note 3 below.

Social Sciences

2.0 units

ANTH, ECON, GEOG, INTTS, ISS, PSCI, PSYCH, SOC. See Note 1 below.

Transdisciplinary Studies

0.5 unit

AFM, APPLS, ARBUS, ARTS, CMW, HRM, HUMSC, INTST, LS, NATST, PACS, SMF, SOCWK, SPD, WS. Also any course taken in another UW Faculty. See Note 4 below.

Notes

  1. No more than two courses (1.0 unit) in the same discipline may count towards the Social Sciences requirement.
  2. Cross-listed courses may be designated to fulfill any one requirement. For example, a student registered in PACS 203/HIST 232 may receive credit for either the Transdisciplinary Studies requirement or the Humanities requirement, but not for both. Where the credit is applied depends on the rubric under which the student registers; if, subsequent to registration in the course, the student wishes to have credit applied to the other (cross-listed) rubric instead, s/he may petition the Examinations and Standings Committee (see under "Examinations and Standings").
  3. Students enrolled in the Rhetoric and Professional Writing plan offered by the English Department must take two language courses (i.e., culture courses taught in English will not fulfill the requirement for these students). RPW students may take two courses in different languages.
  4. Because PD courses are not regular academic courses, they do not fulfill any of the breadth requirements.
For students enrolled in an Arts degree program prior to September 2008, refer to the Group A and B requirements. Those students who wish to instead adhere to the new Breadth Requirements (effective September 2008) do so by petition to the Examinations and Standings Committee.