2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

PLAN OF STUDY 27Senior Integrative Experience (I)Complete one from the following list:•BIO 460•HHS 410•BIO 475•HHS 475•CLAS 450•HIST 405•COMM 422 •HIST 425•ENG 472•HIST 426•ENVS 400•HIST 428•FR 443•HIST 451•HUM 431•INST 444•INST 470•INST 482•MBE 406•MBE 407•MBE 408•MBE 417•MUS 480•PHIL 434•POLS 499•PSY 445•PSY 477•REC 401•RELST 461•RELST 463•SPAN 443•TH 411•WGS 430Other Graduation RequirementsApplication for DegreeThe Application for Degree is available on the VWC homepage. Each candidate for a degree is required to file anApplication for Degree according to the following schedule:Degree Received December May August**Apply for Degree on 9/15 of the 9/15 of the 9/15 of theWebAdvisor by: same year previous year previous yearCompletion of all End of fall End of spring 8/15Degree semester semesterRequirementsDate of Degree December May AugustConferral:Date of May of the May Previous orCommencement following year following May**Exercises:**See Two-Course Rule on the next page.Major: Students must successfully complete at least one ofthe five types of majors offered by the college. A student’smajor professor, or major committee, must certify that agiven student has successfully completed all therequirements for the major prior to graduation. Degreecandidates are required to choose a major by the end of thesophomore year. A student may not submit more than 54semester hours in any one discipline nor more than 78semester hours in any two disciplines for credit towardsgraduation (see “Limitation on Course Credits”).Forms for completing this process are available on theregistrar’s home page or may be obtained at the Office ofthe Registrar. You may change your major at any time byfiling a new declaration. The declaration of a divisional,interdivisional, interdisciplinary or individualized majormust be filed at least three semesters before your anticipatedgraduation. Ordinarily, the summer will not be counted asa semester.Course Hours: Students are required to complete at least120 semester hours of academic course work, two-thirds ofwhich must be traditionally-graded.First Year Seminar: Freshmen and transfers with fewerthan 24 semester hours must successfully complete FirstYear Seminar. In the process of investigating a complexissue, students develop foundational inquiry skills thatemphasize critical thinking and independent learning in aliberal arts environment.Grade Point Average: A candidate for graduation musthave at least a 2.0 (C) average in both the major and as acumulative average. Interdivisional, individualized,humanities, and social studies majors require a 2.5 GPA.Residence Requirement: Students must complete atleast their last 30 semester hours and must earn at least 15semester hours in their major area at Virginia Wesleyan.Oral Communications Proficiency: All students mustdemonstrate the ability to speak well in the Englishlanguage. Each academic major has an approved plan tohelp students develop good speaking skills and to assesstheir competency with oral communications.Foreign Language Proficiency: Students mustdemonstrate proficiency in one foreign language (otherthan English), equivalent to the minimal passing grade onthe exit examination in the 212 course as a condition forgraduation.* This level, if taking a modern language, isdefined in the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching