2019-2020 BSC Catalog

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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means. Transfer students must attend at least three events for each term they attend
Birmingham-Southern College. Events which fulfill the graduation requirement of 24
lecture and arts events must contain significant artistic or intellectual content and be open
to the entire College community. These are limited to Provost’s Forums, campus fine and
performing arts events, and approved presentations by invited speakers to the College.
(7) Residency: complete at least two years of work (18 units – 16 regular term units and 2
Exploration term units) at Birmingham-Southern College. A student who has transferred
to the College from another institution must complete at least five units in the major
discipline, and, if declaring a minor, earn at least half of the required units at
Birmingham-Southern College.
If a student has completed the requirements for one baccalaureate degree at Birmingham-
Southern College, the student must earn at least eight regular units and one Exploration
term unit of additional credit in residence at the College, and must satisfy all
requirements for graduation, in order to complete a second baccalaureate degree.
Completion of two majors alone does not warrant the awarding of two separate degrees to
graduating students.
(8) Discharge all obligations and college duties.
Explorations Curriculum Requirements
The Explorations general education curriculum at Birmingham-Southern College
emphasizes values that reflect what students will be able to do as a result of their
education. In our view, students who successfully complete a program in the liberal arts
from Birmingham-Southern College will be able to do the following:
• communicate effectively
• solve problems creatively
• engage their social and political world
• connect their coursework to the wider world
• engage in self-directed teaching and learning
These five values embody a liberal arts educational experience and cannot be
accomplished through any one discipline or by any one academic area. Many areas share
similar approaches or examine similar content; at the same time, disciplines and areas of
study are different precisely because they study different materials and approach those
materials with different methods.
These similarities and differences in content and methods, we believe, provide generative
ground for purposeful exploration and renewed insight. Learning in a liberal arts context
is a creative endeavor, one that is best understood as an exploration, whether that
exploration addresses ongoing problems considered for many millennia or identifies new,
emerging problems unique to citizens of the twenty-first century.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2019-2020