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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 credits* 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
he/she 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 will be considered
in the calculation of the cumulative average. All course
grades will remain a part of a student’s permanent
record.
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Arabic and English Requirements
The following courses or their equivalent:
English courses as determined by placement on matriculation;
12 credits in the humanities including six credits in the
Civilization Sequence Program; for Arabic-speaking students
(except those officially exempted), 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 other Arabic course numbered
211 or above (ARAB 213, ARAB 214, ARAB 217, and ARAB 218
excluded). All Arabic-speaking students in the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences (except those officially exempted) must
take the Arabic language requirements. Students entering
in 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. The APT will be administered on the same dates and
at the same frequencies as the English Placement Test (EPT).
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 be begun
immediately on matriculation and must be continued without
interruption until completed through ENGL 204. For example,
a student entering at the lowest level must take three semesters
of English (ENGL 102, ENGL 203, and ENGL 204, i.e., 11 credits
of English); a student entering at the second level must
take two semesters (ENGL 203 and ENGL 204; i.e., six credits).
Freshmen are required to take a minimum of three credits
of English at least up to 203. Thus, a freshman who enters
at level 204 does not need any additional courses offered
by the English Department. For the Intensive English Course
(IEC).
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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.
Requirements for interdepartmental
transfer within FAS: students wishing to transfer from one
major to another in the Faculty of Arts & 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.
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 course work 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. Refer to Table
4
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
complete faculty and departmental requirements for the degree
with a minimum average of 70 in these requirements.
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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. Students who wish
to join a new major must also fill the departmental transfer
form and submit it to the Office of the Dean, provided they
fulfill the requirements for admission to the new major.
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Minors
Link to Minor Forms
General Information
Students who opt for a minor must do so while working towards
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 opt to minor in any department
should fill out 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. The transcript of the student shall indicate the
minor chosen.
For further details concerning individual
departmental requirements, see the relevant sections of
this catalogue. Students who joined a major prior to October
1, 2001 should consult the 2000-01 catalogue for their graduation
requirements.
Several departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
offer minors which require the completion of a number of
courses as specified below:
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 these courses have
been fulfilled).
Chemistry requires 18 credits: CHEM 201, CHEM 215, CHEM
211, CHEM 212, CHEM 228 and either CHEM 217 or CHEM 218.
MATH 201 is a prerequisite.
Computational Sciences (interdisciplinary, involving courses
from more than one FAS department) requires 18 credits:
excluding CMPS 200, or its equivalent, which is a prerequisite
for entering this minor concentration: core 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.
Economics requires 18 credits: ECON 211, ECON 212, ECON
214, plus three elective courses to be chosen from available
economics offerings provided the pre-requisites of the chosen
electives 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 crs.).
English Literature requires 15 credits: two core courses
from among 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: one core course from
among ENGL 201, ENGL 205, or ENGL 207; plus ENGL 227, ENGL
229, ENGL 228 or ENGL 231, and ENGL 237 ENGL or ENGL 238.
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
Geology requires 16 credits: core courses GEOL 201 (3),
GEOL 202 (3), GEOL 203 (1) and GEOL 205 (3), plus any two
of the following elective courses: GEOL 210, GEOL 211, GEOL
222.
History and Archaeology requires 15 credits each.
History: five courses
numbered 200 and above in Arab and Near Eastern history,
including one of the following courses: HIST 286, HIST 287,
HIST 291 or HIST 292.
Archaeology: five courses
numbered 200 and above, including AROL 233 or AROL 234,
and AROL 291 or AROL 292.
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.
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: PHYS 210,
PHYS 210L, PHYS 211 (or PHYS 220), PHYS 212, PHYS 217, PHYS
221L and PHYS 236.
Sequence 2: PHYS 210,
PHYS 210L, PHYS 211 (or PHYS 220), 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
Public Administration:
PSPA 202, PSPA 212, and any three upper level courses.
Social and Behavioral Sciences four minors
Anthropology: three
core courses (SBHS 212, SBHS 228, or SBHS 242) and two electives
from the following: SBHS 216, SBHS 226, SBHS 238, SBHS 294
Communication: three
core courses (SBHS 205, SBHS 244, SBHS 246) and two electives
from the following: SBHS 220, SBHS 248, SBHS 250, SBHS 254,
SBHS 292
Psychology: three core
courses (SBHS 202, SBHS 211, SBHS 225) and two electives
from the following: SBHS 217, SBHS 221, SBHS 225, SBHS 229,
SBHS 233, SBHS 235, SBHS 237, SBHS 239. •
Sociology: three core courses (SBHS 201, SBHS 214, SBHS
216) and two electives from the following: SBHS 222, SBHS
224, SBHS 228, SBHS 230, SBHS 232, SBHS 234, SBHS 236, SBHS
256, SBHS 258.
Statistics requires
18 credits: MATH 201, MATH 210 and STAT 233 and 9 credits
in statistics courses numbered 211 or above.
Translation requires
15 credits: ARAB 225, ARAB 226, ENGL 233, ENGL 248, plus
one of the following courses: ARAB 211, ARAB 212, ENGL 231
and ENGL 247.
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