St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

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course taken in the English Department or by
one taken in the Language and International
Studies Department, either in the original language
or in translation.
Persons exempt from the language skills
requirement still need to complete six semester
credits in Foreign Languages and Literature
courses.
6. Complete six semester credits of approved
courses in the Natural Sciences. Courses are to
be selected from at least two of the following
course designations: Astronomy, Biology,
Chemistry, Natural Science, Physics.
7. Complete twelve semester credits of approved
courses in Philosophy and Theology including
three hours of Theology from: THEO 101,
201, 202, 215, 219, 240, or 250; three hours
of Philosophy from: PHIL 101, 201, 207, 208,
210, 217; and six additional hours of
Philosophy or Theology from approved general
education courses.
8. Complete nine semester credits of approved
courses in the Social Sciences. Courses are to
be selected from at least two of the following
departments, one of which must be History:
History, Geography, Political Science,
Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Criminal
Justice.
Students majoring in Accounting,
Economics or Business Administration may
not use Economics to fulfill their Social
Science distribution requirement.
9. No more than six semester credits in Physical
Education and no more than four semester
credits of Varsity Athletics, may be applied
toward the 120 semester credits required for a
degree. This restriction applies to all students
except those majoring or minoring in Physical
Education or those who receive the Coaching
Endorsement.
10. Meet the following requirements for the
degree in addition to completing the minimum
number of semester credits:
• Students must earn a cumulative grade-point
average of at least 2.0 in all semester credits
attempted toward a bachelor’s degree and in
all semester credits attempted at
St. Ambrose. Students also must earn a
cumulative grade-point average of at least
2.0 in all courses required for the major
unless a higher grade-point average is specified
for that major.
•At least 30 semester credits are to be in
courses at the 300 level or above. Varsity
athletics do not satisfy this requirement.
• Students entering St. Ambrose during or
after fall 1991 must satisfy the Writing
Intensive (WI) Requirement as stated below.
Students who have not passed the Junior
Level Writing Exam by June 1994 fall under
the new Writing Intensive Requirement.
Courses from accredited two- or four-year
institutions designated writing intensive on
transcript or in catalog description will
transfer to St. Ambrose. However, two year
college courses cannot be used to meet the
WI requirement for a 300- or 400- level
course. Appeals can be prepared with the
major department and forwarded to the
Board of Studies.
Writing Intensive Requirement: After passing
ENGL 101 with a C or better, the student
must pass, with a C or better, two writing
intensive (WI) courses. One can be at any level
in any department, and one must be at the
300 or 400 level in the declared major. A student
pursuing a double major must complete a
WI course in each major. This would satisfy
the two required WI courses. A WI next to
the course code in the catalog identifies a writing
intensive course.
• St. Ambrose University evaluates the
achievement of its students with a variety of
assessment instruments, and seniors are
required to participate in this process as a
graduation requirement.
11. Complete the minimum of 120 semester cred-
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