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College of Arts & Sciences General Requirements

In addition to the course requirements for the linguistics major, students must complete general CAS requirements, listed below.

College Writing Requirement

For all students who entered CAS in September 2001 or after

There are TWO PARTS to the satisfaction of the College Writing Requirement.

[1] satisfied by either of the following:

  • CAS WR 100 Writing Seminar
  • CAS CC 101 and 102 (Humanities core curriculum first-year sequence)

AND [2] satisfied by any of the following:

  • CAS WR 150 Writing and Research Seminar
  • CAS CC 201 and 202 (Humanities core curriculum second-year sequence)
  • CAS CC 203 and 204 (Social Science core curriculum second-year sequence)

Students entering CAS in their junior year from the College of General Studies may use CGS RH 101 and 102 to satisfy this writing requirement.

For students who entered CAS prior to September 2001

Any one of the following:

  • CAS WR 100
  • If taken before September 2001: either CAS EN 104 or CAS EN 102
  • SAT verbal score of 670 or above if taken in or after April 1995
  • SAT verbal score of 610 or above if taken before April 1995
  • an ACT verbal score of 28 or above
  • a score of 4 or 5 on the English Advanced Placement Exam

Mathematics Requirement

satisfied by any one of the following:

  • one semester of a CAS Mathematic course numbered CAS MA 113 or higher
  • SAT verbal score of 580 or above if taken in or after April 1995
  • SAT verbal score of 570 or above if taken before April 1995
  • an ACT math score of 23 or above
  • a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in Calculus or Statistics

General Education Requirement

Successful completion of one of the following

[1] Core Curriculum

All of the following eight courses:

Freshman year semester 1

  • CAS CC 101 Core Humanities I: The Ancient World
  • CAS CC 105 Core Natural Sciences I: The Evolution of the Physical Universe and of the Earth (lab)

Freshman year semester 2

  • CAS CC 102 Core Humanities II: Late Antiquity and the Medieval World
  • CAS CC 106 Core Natural Sciences II: The Evolution of Intelligent Life and Beyond (lab)

Sophomore year semester 1

  • CAS CC 201 Core Humanities III: The Renaissance
  • CAS CC 203 Core Social Sciences I: The Shaping of Societies

Sophomore year semester 2

  • CAS CC 202 Core Humanities IV: From the Enlightenment to Modernity
  • CAS CC 204 Core Social Sciences II: The Individual and the World

[2] Divisional Studies Program (adapted for students with a major in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, which is in the Humanities division)

Six courses, including:

  • 2 divisional studies courses in the Social Sciences
  • 2 divisional studies courses in the Natural Sciences (one of which must be designated as including a laboratory component)
  • 2 divisional studies courses in Mathematics or Computer Science

Divisional studies courses consist only of those on the official approved list of courses. A student may not use two courses from the same department to count toward more than one division (even if these courses might otherwise count in two different divisions). This is particularly relevant for Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography courses. To give an example, a student would not be allowed to count CAS AN 102 as a Natural Science course and CAS AN 101 as a Social Science course.

Courses in the core curriculum program may alternatively be counted as divisional studies courses in the pertinent division.

Courses that count toward divisional requirements

Mathematics and Computer Science Divison

  • Computer Science: CAS CS 101, 111, 113
  • Mathematics: CAS MA 113, 115, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 213, 214

Natural Sciences Division

(*indicates a laboratory component)

  • Anthropology: CAS AN 102 only
  • Archaeology: CAS AR 102* only
  • Astronomy: CAS AS 101*, 102*, 109, 117, 202*, 203*
  • Biology: CAS BI 105*, 106*, 107*, 108*, 111, 112, 114*, 117, 119
  • Chemistry: CAS CH 101*, 102*, 108*, 109*, 110*, 111*, 112*, 131*, 161*, 171*, 172*
  • Earth Sciences: CAS ES 101*, 105*, 140, 142, 144, 202)
  • Geography: CAS GG 101*, 104*
  • Physics: CAS PY 105*, 106*, 132*, 138*, 211*, 212*, 231, 233*, 241*, 242*, 251*, 252*

Social Sciences Division

  • Anthropology: CAS AN 101, 240, 252, 260
  • Archaeology: CAS AR 101, 205
  • Economics: CAS EC 100, 101, 102, 111, 112
  • Geography: CAS GG 100, 102, 103, 201
  • History: CAS HI 101, 102, 151, 152, 176, 215, 291
  • International Relations: CAS IR 271, 374
  • Political Science: CAS PO 101, 211, 241, 251, 271, 291
  • Psychology: CAS PS 101, 222, 231, 234, 241, 251, 261
  • Sociology: CAS SO 100, 104, 205, 232, 242
  • Women's Studies: CAS WS 113 only

Note that students for students who complete a minor concentration in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages will be considered to have fulfilled the 2-course Humanities Divisional Studies requirement if their major is in a division other than the Humanities.
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