2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Degrees Conferred
Birmingham-Southern College confers the earned undergraduate degrees of Bachelor of
Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Bachelor of Music Education, and
Bachelor of Science. The College also confers the earned graduate degree of Master of
Science in Data Science. Details about the masters program may be found in the graduate
catalog.
Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree
To earn a bachelor’s degree offered by the College, a student must complete the
following requirements:
(1) Total units: successfully complete a minimum of 32 units (30 regular term units and 2
Exploration term units). No more than two Exploration term units may count toward
graduation. Additional Exploration term units count toward the cumulative grade point
average and will also appear on the student’s transcript. Additional Exploration term
units cannot substitute for regular term units.
(2) General education: successfully complete the Explorations curriculum requirements
listed in the following section of this catalog.
(3) Major: successfully complete a concentration consisting of a minimum of eight units.
For the Bachelor of Arts degree or the Bachelor of Science degree, no more than 20 units
in a disciplinary or interdisciplinary major and its supporting courses (including
Exploration terms) may be presented toward the 32 units required for graduation.
(4) Academic areas: successfully complete at least one regular term unit in each of four
academic areas: fine and performing arts (art, art history, music, theatre); social sciences
(economics, political science, psychology, sociology); natural sciences (astronomy,
biology, chemistry, physics, UES 150, UES 160); and humanities (Arabic, Asian studies,
Chinese, English, Greek and Roman studies, Hebrew, history, Latin, philosophy, religion,
Spanish, and excluding EH 102, EH 208, and language courses at or below the
intermediate level). These academic area courses may be used to fulfill general education
and major requirements.
(5) Grade point average: earn a minimum grade point average of 2.000 (a “C” average)
on all work completed at Birmingham-Southern College and a minimum grade point
average of 2.000 on all work completed for a major or minor. Students who pursue an
interdisciplinary major must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.000 in the
required courses in each of the disciplines.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024