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fulfills the language study requirement in LAS.
Students should contact the Communication
Sciences and Disorders program for more
information.
• Religion
• Science, technology and society
• Sociology
• Specialization in social work and social
policy
• Software engineering
• Spanish
Requirements for the Bachelor of
Science Degree
In addition to college and university
All majors consist of at least 30 hours in the
requirements, a student must meet certain
subject with a minimum of 20 hours in courses
requirements determined by the nature of
numbered above 299. Ten hours of each major
the field of specialization.
must be completed at Butler University. Grades
For the Bachelor of Science in natural
below C- and courses taken pass/fail do not
science, a student must take a minimum of 60
count toward the major.
hours in natural science. This includes a major
Students may earn double majors — two
of at least 30 hours in one department.
majors within the college — or add a secondary
For the Bachelor of Science in natural
major — a major in another college — to
science and mathematics, a student must take
their major in the College of Liberal Arts and
a minimum of 60 hours in natural science and
Sciences.
mathematics. This includes a major of at least
30 hours in one department.
Combined Majors
Combined majors consist of at least 40 hours
Majors
in closely related fields, with 20 hours of upperdivision
courses, and must have the approval
Students in the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences must declare their majors in the Office
of the head of each department or program
of the Dean. They then will be assigned an
concerned. Grades below C- and courses taken
advisor in the department of their major.
pass/fail do not count toward the major.
Programs are planned in consultation with this
To assist students considering combined
advisor and bear his or her approval. Students
majors, LAS departments have developed standard
lists of requirements for certain combined
who change majors must declare this change in
the Office of the Dean of the college. Students
majors:
may choose majors from any of the following
• Criminology and psychology
fields in the college:
• History and anthropology
• Actuarial science
• History and political science
• Anthropology
• Philosophy and psychology
• Biology
• Philosophy and religion
• Chemistry
• Psychology and anthropology
• Classical studies
• Sociology and criminology
• Computer science
• Sociology (with a specialization in social
• Criminology
work/social policy )and criminology
• Economics
• Sociology (with a specialization in social
• English
work/social policy) and psychology
• Concentration in creative writing
• Concentration in theory, culture
Students may consult departments or the
and criticism
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences website for
• French
further information on these combined majors.
• Gender, women and sexuality studies
They may also petition departments to consider
• German
other combined majors, or they may elect to
• History
propose an individualized major.
• Individualized major
• International studies
Minors
• Mathematics
Students who choose to add minors to their
• Philosophy
programs indicate their choice on a form available
in the Office of the Dean. They confer
• Physics
• Political science
with the head of the department for advising.
• Psychology
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