college of liberal arts and sciences - Indiana University South Bend

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 4159
Academic advising for each student in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences is available prior to each
semester’s enrollment by a faculty member from the
student’s major area(s) or from an advisor in the
college’s advising center. Although academic advising
is intended to provide effective guidance and every
student is required to seek the advice of a faculty advisor,
students individually are responsible for planning their
own programs and for meeting the degree requirements
by the time they expect to graduate.
GRADES
Students must have a minimum CGPA of 2.0 and
complete all requirements in their major and/or minor
departments with a C– or higher. (A minimum CGPA
of 2.0 is required in the student’s major and minor
departments.) Any course in which the student receives a
grade of F does not count in the credit hours accumulated
for graduation. Any course in which a letter grade of D is
received does not count in a student’s major or minor.
CREDIT HOUR REQUIREMENTS
A candidate for a bachelor’s degree in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences must satisfactorily complete a
minimum of 122 credit hours in courses offered by the
college or by other academic programs of the university
offering bachelor’s degree programs.
TRANSFER CREDIT HOURS
Ordinarily, the maximum number of transfer credit hours
that may be counted toward graduation in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences is 96, including credit(s)
earned at other campuses of Indiana University. Not
more than 60 credit hours earned at accredited junior
colleges may be applied toward a degree.
TESTING OUT OF REQUIREMENTS
Students may test out of the general-education requirements
Quantitative Reasoning and Computer Literacy by passing
appropriate proficiency tests. For testing out of part of world
languages, see World Languages Placement Examination
information on page 204.
UPPER-LEVEL COURSE WORK
A minimum of 30 credit hours must be completed in
300- or 400-level (junior-senior) courses. To satisfy
campus general-education requirements, students must
pass at least one 300-level core course (i.e., A 399, B 399,
N 390, or T 390).
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
At least 26 credit hours of the work taken as a senior
and at least 10 credit hours above the first-level courses
in the major subject (not necessarily during the senior
year) normally must be completed while in residence
at IU South Bend. The 10 credit hours in the major
subject must be taken in courses approved by the major
department.
CORRESPONDENCE AND SPECIAL CREDIT
By special permission of the dean, a maximum of 12
credit hours may be earned toward a degree through
correspondence study or by special credit examination.
Ordinarily students in residence in the college are
permitted to enroll concurrently in courses offered through
the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies
Independent Study Program (correspondence courses).
Any correspondence courses in the student’s major must
also have the approval of the departmental chairperson.
(SPCH-S 121 Public Speaking may not be taken by
correspondence.)
TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION OF REQUIREMENTS
A student is expected to complete the work for a degree
within 10 years. Failure to do so may require passing
of comprehensive examinations on the subjects in
the area(s) of concentration and fulfilling the general
requirements in the current IU South Bend Bulletin.
GRADUATION DEADLINES
An application for a degree or certificate must be filed in
the office of the coordinator of student services, College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, not later than October 1 for
May and August graduations, or March 1 for December
graduation. All credit hours of candidates for degrees,
except those of the current semester, must be on record
at least six weeks prior to the conferring of degrees.
Credit hours by correspondence must be on record at
least three weeks prior to the conferring of degrees.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at IU
South Bend offers instruction leading to the Bachelor of
Arts degree in the following majors:
Anthropology Philosophy
Biological Sciences Physics
Chemistry
Political Science
English
Psychology
French
Sociology
German
Spanish
History
Women’s and Gender Studies
Mathematics
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum for
the Bachelor of Arts degree is designed to give students
a broad acquaintance with the various ways scholars
study and interpret the world in which we live. It is
also intended to enable students to understand, and to
communicate their understanding of, the richly varied
and changing contexts of our lives. Within this generaleducational
framework students choose one or more
areas for in-depth study.