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All students must earn a minimum cumulative
2.0 grade point average in Wake Forest
College and the Wayne Calloway School of
Business and Accountancy. Of the 120 hours
required for graduation, at least sixty must
be earned in Wake Forest programs. Once enrolled
at Wake Forest, a student may subsequently
count, at most, thirty hours of credit
from sources other than Wake Forest programs
toward the graduation requirement of
120 hours. Except for combined degree curricula,
the work of the senior year must comprise
courses in Wake Forest programs. Any
exceptions must be approved by the Committee
on Academic Affairs
Transfer credits will not be used in calculating
a student’s GPA. This includes non-
Wake Forest study abroad programs. However,
transfer credits and the grade(s) earned
will be recorded on the transcript. Graduation
distinctions will be based solely on the Wake
Forest GPA.
A student graduates under the requirements
of the bulletin of the year in which
he or she enters. However, when a student
declares a major or minor, the requirements
for the major or minor that are in effect at the
time of declaration will apply. Such requirements
may not be congruent with those
stated in a given bulletin. If coursework is not
completed within six years of entrance, the
student must fulfill the requirements for the
class in which he or she graduates.
All requirements must be completed and
certified before a student may participate
in the commencement exercises. No further
entries or alterations may be made toward
the undergraduate degree once a student has
been graduated.
Seniors must submit an application for
graduation for their records to be activated
for certification. Information packets are
mailed immediately before the fall term to all
students classified as seniors. Students who
are not enrolled in the fall term, or who do
not receive the packet but intend to graduate
within the academic year, may request one
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from the Office of the Registrar. Application
forms are due no later than thirty days before
graduation.
Core Requirements
The core requirements are intended to introduce
the student to various fields of knowledge
and to lay the foundation for concentration
in a major subject and related fields
during the junior and senior years. For these
reasons, as many of the requirements as feasible
should be taken in the first two years.
No core requirements may be set aside
or replaced by substitutes except through
regular procedures already established by
the faculty, or through a specific vote of the
faculty in regular session. Core requirements
include basic and divisional requirements as
described below.
Basic Requirements
All students must complete five required
basic courses (unless exempted through
procedures established by the departments
concerned):
• FYS 100 (first-year seminar)
• English 111 (writing seminar)
• Foreign language (literature), one course from
among the following:
— French 213, 213H, 216, or the equivalent
— Spanish 213, 213H, 217, 218, or the
equivalent
— Italian 215, 216, or the equivalent
— German 214, 215, or 216
— Russian 215 or 216
— Greek 211 or 212
— Latin 211, 212, 216, or 218
__ Arabic 213
— Near Eastern Languages & Literatures 211
or 212 (Hebrew)
— Japanese 211 or 212
— Chinese 211 or 212
• Health and Exercise Science 100 and 101