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ACADEMIC
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Freshmen
Program
Graduate
Study
Highlights
Graduation Requirements
The following are the graduation requirements for the degrees
of BA and BS:
Residency
and Total Credit Requirements
A maximum of eight calendar years is allowed for graduation of students who begin with
the freshman class; six calendar years for sophomores; four calendar years for juniors; and
two calendar years for seniors. A student who fails to complete his/her degree program
within these specified times must petition the administrative committee for an extension of
time.
A minimum of seven semesters of residence beginning with the freshman class, or five
semesters beginning with the sophomore class, at recognized institutions of higher
learning, provided that the final three semesters and 45 credits13 are completed at AUB.
For purposes of this requirement two summer sessions shall be considered equivalent to
one semester.
A minimum of 120 credits for students who enter as freshmen and 90 credits for students
who enter as sophomores.
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Departmental Requirements
A minimum of 36 credits in the major department, in courses numbered 200 or above, of
which a minimum of 30 credits must be numbered 210 or above; and a cumulative average
of 70 in the major department, plus any additional requirements set by the department.
For the distribution of the requirements according to discipline, consult the matrices of the
departments under each department entry.
A student must spend a minimum of one semester in a department as a major before s/he
graduates in that major field.
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Repeating Courses
A student may repeat any course for which s/he received a grade of less than 70. A student
who fails a required course must repeat the course at the earliest opportunity. No course may
be taken more than three times. When a course is repeated, the highest grade is considered
in the calculation of the cumulative average. All course grades remain part of the student’s
permanent record.
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Arabic and English Requirements
All Arabic-speaking students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (except those officially
exempted) must take the Arabic language requirements. These students are required to take,
in addition to Arabic courses required of freshmen, one Arabic language or literature course
as determined by the Arabic Placement Test (APT): ARAB 201A, ARAB 201B, or any Arabic
course numbered 211 or above (ARAB 213, ARAB 214, ARAB 215, ARAB 216, ARAB 217, and
ARAB 218 excluded). Students entering the freshman class must take three credits of Arabic in their freshman
year(s), and one more course as determined by their performance in that course (or in the two
freshman Arabic courses, if taken) during or after their sophomore year. Students entering at
the sophomore, junior, or senior levels must take one Arabic course as determined by the APT.
Students exempted from Arabic must take one course in humanities instead, including ARAB
200, ARAB 203, or ARAB 204.
All students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences must take English communication skills courses
as determined by placement upon matriculation, and these required courses must begin
immediately on matriculation and must be continued without interruption until completed
through ENGL 204. For example, a student entering at the lowest level (102) must take
three semesters of English (ENGL 102, ENGL 203, and ENGL 204; i.e., 9 credits of English);
a student entering at the second level must take two semesters (ENGL 203 and ENGL 204;
i.e., 6 credits). A student entering at level 204 does not need any additional communication
skills courses offered by the English department. If a student is exempted from ENGL 204,
s/he is required to take one elective course in English language, literature, or creative writing.
Freshman students are required to take a minimum of three credits of English during the
freshman year. Students whose test scores do not qualify them to join English 102 need to
take the Intensive English Course (IEC); for more information on the IEC, refer to p. 39.
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CVSP and Humanities Requirements
All students in FAS are required to take twelve credits in the humanities. All students who wish
to register in these courses should be placed in ENGL 203. A minimum of six credits must be
taken of CVSP courses 201–208. For details refer to the Civilization Sequence Program section
on pp. 163-65.
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Other Requirements
A minimum of 18 additional
credits outside the major department, exclusive of the university
course requirements stated above and of the normal freshman
program.
Grades of 70 or more
in at least 50 credits in courses numbered 200 or above
for students entering at the sophomore level. Students entering
at the freshman level must obtain grades of 70 or more in
at least 12 additional credits numbered 100 or above.
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Transfers
All undergraduate transfer
students from outside AUB to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
must take, after admission to the faculty, a minimum of
21 credits in the major department in order to graduate
from AUB.
All undergraduate transfer students from outside AUB to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
must present a TOEFL score in order for the English department to determine the
English communication skills courses they need to take at AUB. Only credits received for
communication skills courses of a lower level than that in which the student has been
placed can be transferred from other universities.
Requirements for interdepartmental transfer within FAS: students wishing to transfer
from one major to another in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may do so after they have completed two full semesters of work in their current major and met the requirements for
their prospective major (see the table of requirements on the following page).
Requirements for transfer from other faculties: AUB students wishing to transfer to a major
in FAS may do so after they have completed at least two full semesters (minimum 24
credits) of coursework at AUB, attained a minimum cumulative average of 70, as well as a
minimum average of 70 in at least 15 credits taken in FAS.
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Second Degrees
Students already holding
a bachelor's degree who wish to obtain a different
bachelor's degree (BA or BS) must complete a minimum
of 30 credit hours from FAS and must complete departmental
requirements for the degree with a minimum average of 70
in those requirements.
Students already holding a bachelor’s degree from another faculty at AUB who wish to
obtain a different bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) must complete a minimum of 30 credit
hours, and must meet faculty and departmental requirements for the degree with a
minimum average of 70.
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Majorless Status
A
student in good academic standing, who has not yet chosen
a major or is in the process of selecting a new major, will
be given the status of “Majorless.” A student
who is asked, or opts, to change his/her status to “Majorless”
must communicate this decision to the student affairs officer
in the Office of the Dean. A student should be admitted
to a major by the end of the junior year. A student who wishes to join a new major must also complete the
departmental transfer form and submit it to the Office of the Dean, provided the student
meets the requirements for admission to the new major.
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Minors
Most departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offer minors, which require the
completion of a number of courses as specified below:
American Studies requires 15 credits: AMST 215, one course from AMST 220, 230, 265/266,
298, HIST 200, 271, 272, 273, 274, 278/279, PSPA 251, SOAN 215; plus one course from
AMST 275/276, 299, CVSP 260AM, ENGL 201, 224, 225, 226; plus two additional courses
chosen from any of the above or from the following (with the stipulation that no more than
one from the following list may be counted): CVSP 208E, ENGL 215, 216, 218, 219, 222, 241,
242, PHIL 249, 263A, PSPA 234, 237.
Arabic and Near Eastern Languages requires 15 credits: ARAB 211 or ARAB 212 (or an
equivalent language course), at least one course in classical Arabic literature, at least one
course in modern Arabic literature, plus two other courses in the department.
Biology requires 15 credits: core courses BIOL 201 (4 credits), BIOL 202 (4 credits), plus
at least two or more biology courses (provided the prerequisites for the courses have been
fulfilled).
Chemistry requires 18 or 19 credits: CHEM 201, CHEM 206/215, CHEM 211, CHEM 212,
CHEM 228, and one course from CHEM 217 or CHEM 218. MATH 201 is a prerequisite.
Computational Sciences (interdisciplinary, involving courses from more than one FAS
department) requires 16 credits(excluding prerequisite courses): CMPS 212, CMPS 251,
CMPS 281; plus six credits from the following: MATH 218, CMPS 255, CMPS 256, OPIM
205, PHYS 242, or a tutorial course in either PHYS 231 or PHYS 232, CHEM, et al., which
have computational contents. New computational courses will be introduced by various
departments as future electives for this minor.
Computer Science requires 18 credits: CMPS 200, CMPS 212, CMPS 255, and nine credits
in CMPS courses numbered 211 or above. [Note: If ECE 230 is completed, students can get
credit for only one of CMPS 200 or ECE 230.]
Economics requires 18 credits: ECON 211, ECON 212, ECON 214, plus three elective courses
to be chosen from available economics offerings provided the prerequisites or equivalents
have been completed.
Education requires 15 credits: EDUC 211 or EDUC 216, EDUC 215 or EDUC 225, EDUC 230,
and one elective from the following courses: EDUC 219, EDUC 221, EDUC 223, plus a general
elective in education (3 credits).
English
English Literature requires 15 credits: two core courses from ENGL 201, ENGL 205,
ENGL 207, plus three other courses: one period course, and any two courses from the
different categories of the literature curriculum.
English Language requires 15 credits: ENGL 227 and four other courses chosen from
ENGL 224–238 and/or ENGL 245–294.
Environmental and Aquatic Sciences requires 15 credits in addition to
BIOL 202 or BIOL 200: one course from BIOL 252, BIOL 250, BIOL 256; one course
from BIOL 266, BIOL 246, BIOL 267, BIOL 255; the remaining credits are completed
by choosing from the following: CHEM 202, PHIL 209, PSPA 288F, BIOL 240,
BIOL 258, BIOL 245, BIOL 241, BIOL 250, BIOL 256, BIOL 252, BIOL 254, BIOL 281,
BIOL 267, BIOL 246, BIOL 255, BIOL 266, BIOL 286, BIOL 259, LWRS 215, LWRS 275, LWRS 229;
PLSC 284,PLSC 295; LDEM 211, LDEM 215; ECMG 202/ENSC 202; ENHL 220; CIVE 350, CIVE 450.
A minimum of three courses should be from outside the student’s major field of
study and should be chosen from two different disciplines.
Fine Arts and Art History requires 15 credits each.
Art History requires nine credits chosen from FAAH 221, FAAH 222, FAAH 223, FAAH 224
or equivalents, and six credits including FAAH 235 and any remaining Art History course.
Studio Art requires three credits to be taken from FAAH 201, FAAH 202, nine credits taken
from the following concentrations: FAAH 206, FAAH 207, FAAH 208; or FAAH 210, FAAH
211, FAAH 212; or FAAH 215, FAAH 216, FAAH 217, and FAAH 224 or equivalent.
Gender Studies (interdisciplinary) requires 15 credits from the following courses:
Gender Biology (upon student demand)
HIST 262 Gender in Medieval Islamic Societies
EDUC 290 Gender Issues in Education
PHIL 249 Philosophy of Feminism (upon student demand)
CVSP 207G Gender and Society
CVSP 230 Introduction to Feminism
CVSP 295 Arab Feminism
Geologyrequires 16 credits: core courses GEOL 201, GEOL 202, GEOL 203 and GEOL
205, plus any two of the following elective courses: GEOL 210, GEOL 211, and GEOL 222.
History and Archaeologyrequires 15 credits each:
History: five courses numbered 200 and above. All minors, especially those considering
graduate work in history, are encouraged to take HIST 287 as one of the five courses.
Archaeology: five courses numbered 200 and above, including one of the following:
AROL 211, AROL 212, AROL 233, AROL 234, AROL 291, or AROL 292.
Mathematics: requires 18 credits each:
Mathematics: requires 18 credits: MATH 201, MATH 210, either MATH 218 or MATH 219;
and nine more credits in mathematics courses numbered 202, 211, or above; and statistics
courses numbered 230 or above.
Statistics: requires 18 credits: MATH 201, MATH 210, and STAT 233; and 9 credits in
statistics courses numbered 211 or above, excluding STAT 230.
Philosophy: requires 15 credits from courses numbered 200 and above, including two of
the following: PHIL 210, PHIL 211, PHIL 213, and PHIL 214.
Physics: requires any of the following two sequences:
Sequence 1: requires 18 credits: PHYS 210, PHYS 210L, PHYS 211 (or PHYS 220), PHYS
212,PHYS 217, PHYS 221L and PHYS 236.
Sequence 2: requires 17 credits: PHYS 210, PHYS 210L, PHYS 211, PHYS 212,
PHYS 217, PHYS 228 and PHYS 228L.
Political Studies and Public Administration: requires 15 credits each:
Political Studies: PSPA 201; one of the following three: PSPA 210, PSPA 211, or
PSPA 213; and any three upper level courses in political studies.
Public Administration: PSPA 202, PSPA 212, and any three upper level courses in public
administration
Public Policy: PSPA 201, PSPA 276, PSPA 298; plus two upper-level courses from the
following list: PSPA 223, PSPA 225, PSPA 238, PSPA 250, PSPA 259, PSPA 277, PSPA 278, or
PSPA 279.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (five minors) requires 15 credits each:
Anthropology: SOAN 203 or SOAN 212, SOAN 222 or SOAN 225, and SOAN 221 or
227; plus two electives from SOAN 212, SOAN 214–217, SOAN 220–227, SOAN 232
,SOAN 240–242, and SOAN 250 and 251.
Cognitive Science: PSYC 251 and 12 credits chosen from the following courses:
PSYC 219, 221, 227, 233, 235, 247; PHIL 221, 222, 223, 257, 258; ENGL 227, 230, 232,
246; EDUC 215, 221, 225, 290, 290F; CMPS 287; BIOL 290F and BIOL 290T; on condition
that the courses chosen span three of the five disciplines, and that no more than one course
counting toward a student’s major can also be counted toward the minor in Cognitive
Science.
Communication: SOAN 205, SOAN 228, and SOAN 229; plus two electives from
communication courses including the following: SOAN 204, SOAN 230, SOAN 231, and
SOAN 243.
Psychology: PSYC 202, PSYC 227, plus three electives from PSYC 211–251 except for
PSYC 213, PSYC 223, and PSYC 243.
Sociology: SOAN 101 or SOAN 201, SOAN 213, SOAN 214, plus two electives from the
following: SOAN 210, SOAN 220, SOAN 222, SOAN 223, SOAN 224, SOAN 225, SOAN
232, and SOAN 240–242.
Translation: requires 15 credits: ARAB 225, ARAB 226, ENGL 233; plus two of the following
courses: ARAB 211, ARAB 212, ENGL 231 OR 294, and ENGL 247.
Students who opt for a minor (one or more) must do so while working toward their
undergraduate degree at AUB. To graduate with a minor a student must attain an average of
70 or more in courses taken to satisfy the requirements of that minor.
Students who have completed the requirements for a minor in any department should
complete the Certificate of Fulfillment of the Requirements for a Minor and submit it to the
Office of the Dean. Copies of this form are available in those departments offering minors
and on the FAS website. The transcript of the student shall indicate the minor(s) chosen.
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