2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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• No more than two of the ten credits may be
from the same department or program.
• Beginning with those who matriculated into
Tufts in Fall 2009, students may use one
approved pre-matriculation credit (e.g. AP or
IB) toward fulfillment of each distribution
area, for a total of five.
• No single course may be used in more than one
distribution area. For example, a history course
may be counted as either a humanities or a
social science requirement, but not both.
• Courses used in the foundation requirement or
as part of the concentration (major) may also
be used to fulfill distribution requirements
(with some exceptions noted below).
Special restrictions apply to Experimental College
courses:
Approval of the Academic Review Board must be
obtained in all cases. Only one Experimental
College credit may be used as a distribution
requirement. Those courses graded pass-fail may
not be used to satisfy any distribution requirement.
Please go to the Student Services web page to view
the courses that have been approved by the
Academic Review Board.
Summary Sheet of Requirements
A grade of D- or above will fulfill foundation and
distribution requirements.
Foundation Requirements
1. WRITING
1)
2)
2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE/CULTURE OPTION
Part I: Competence equivalent to three semesters
of college language courses
1)
2)
3)
Part II: Competence equivalent to three semesters
of college language courses, or culture option.
(Fulfill a, b, or c.)
4)
5)
6)
a. Continue in the first language for three more
semesters
b. Three semesters in a second language
(including ASL)
c. Culture option—there are two ways to fulfill
the culture option:
1. Continue through the fourth or fifth semester
of the language used to fulfill Part I, and take
one or two credits in the same culture area as
that language.
2. Take three credits related to a single culture
either the same as or different from the language
taken to fulfill Part I. One credit must focus on
the region of origin. See the online list of
approved culture courses.
3. WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
1)
This credit may also be used toward a culture
OR a distribution requirement, but not both.
4. QUANTITATIVE REASONING
1)
For students with a math SAT score below 560
or a math ACT score below 23.
Distribution Requirements
1. HUMANITIES
1)
2)
2. ARTS
1)
2)
3. SOCIAL SCIENCES
1)
2)
4. NATURAL SCIENCES
1)
2)
5. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
1)
2)
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