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Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

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The Bachelor of Arts degree is awarded to students of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences in the following majors:

  • Africana Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Classical Languages
  • Classical Studies
  • Criminology and Law Studies
  • Economics
  • English Literature
  • Writing-Intensive English
  • French
  • German
  • History
  • American Military History
  • International Affairs
  • Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Social Welfare and Justice
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language, Literature and Culture
  • Spanish for the Professions
  • Theology
  • Theology for Catholic School Ministry
  • Women’s and Gender Studies

Bachelor of Arts College Curriculum

A minimum of 42 credit hours in upper-division courses must be completed for the B.A. degree. Thirty-two upper-division credits must be completed at Marquette (lower-division courses are numbered 1000 to 2999; upper-division courses are numbered 3000 and above).

All candidates for a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences must complete the following requirements of the College Curriculum:

Area Credit Hours
Rhetoric6
Foreign Language0-14
Histories of Cultures and Societies6
Individual and Social Behavior9
Literature6
Mathematical Reasoning6
Science and Nature6-8
Philosophy9
Theology9


Rhetoric Requirement

Students must complete ENGL 1001 Rhetoric and Composition 1 and ENGL 1002 Rhetoric and Composition 2. Non-native speakers of English are required to take a placement test at Marquette during orientation. The completion of ENGL 1001 and ENGL 1002 fulfills the Rhetoric requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students must demonstrate competency in a foreign language. The foreign language requirement may be completed with 0 to 4 courses in the language. The number of credit hours to be completed may vary from 0 to 14, depending on the student’s proficiency and level of placement.

Students coming to Marquette University directly from high school are advised to begin language study in their freshman year so that they continue to build upon their level of proficiency.

For detailed information on placement in foreign language courses and special placement credit, see the corresponding sections in the University section of this bulletin and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
 
  • Students who wish to study French, German or Spanish as a new language may complete the requirement with three to four courses of the same language.
  • Students who earn an AB or better in FREN 1002 Elementary French 2, GRMN 1002 Elementary German 2 or SPAN 1002 Elementary Spanish 2 or SPAN 1003 Intensive Elementary Spanish may complete the requirement with FREN 2003 Intensive Intermediate French, GRMN 2003 Intensive Intermediate German or SPAN 2003 Intensive Intermediate Spanish in place of FREN 2001 Intermediate French 1 and FREN 2002 Intermediate French 2, GRMN 2001 Intermediate German 1 and GRMN 2002 Intermediate German 2 or SPAN 2001 Intermediate Spanish 1 and SPAN 2002 Intermediate Spanish 2.
  • Students who are placed in SPAN 1003 Intensive Elementary Spanish may complete the requirement by taking SPAN 1003 Intensive Elementary Spanish, SPAN 2001 Intermediate Spanish 1 and SPAN 2002 Intermediate Spanish 2 or SPAN 1003 Intensive Elementary Spanish and SPAN 2003 Intensive Intermediate Spanish (if the student has earned an AB or better in SPAN 1003).
  • For students who wish to study Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, Italian, Japanese or Latin as a new language, only the four-course sequence (Elementary Language 1001 and 1002 and Intermediate Language 2001 and 2002) is available.

Histories of Cultures and Societies Requirement

Students are required to complete either HIST 1001 Growth of Western Civilization to 1715 or HIST 1002 Growth of Western Civilization since 1715 and at least one additional course from among the following: HIST 1001 Growth of Western Civilization to 1715, HIST 1002 Growth of Western Civilization since 1715, HIST 1101 Introduction to American History, HIST 1301 Survey of Latin America, HIST 1401 Africa or HIST 1501 East Asia. The completion of any of these courses fulfills the Histories of Cultures and Societies requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Individual and Social Behavior Requirement

Students may select any three courses from the departments of Economics, Political Science, Psychology or Social and Cultural Sciences (Anthropology, Criminology, Social Welfare and Justice and Sociology). Courses from at least two of these departments must be represented among the nine hours.
 

One of the courses taken to fulfill this requirement may be chosen from among those courses offered by a department of the college and included on the list of courses fulfilling the Individual and Social Behavior requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Literature Requirement

Students must complete six credit hours in literature, either in English or Foreign Languages and Literatures (original language or translation). One of these courses may be an English (ENGL) course or a Foreign Languages and Literatures (CLAS, FREN, GRMN, ITAL, JPNS, LATN, SPAN) course included on the list of courses fulfilling the Literature/Performing Arts requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Mathematical Reasoning

This requirement may be completed by taking any two courses in mathematics, computer science, statistics or logic, except for a combination of two logic (PHIL 1000 Logic, PHIL 4000 Modern Logic) or two statistics
(MATH 1700 Modern Elementary Statistics, MATH 4720 Statistical Methods, PSYC 2001 Psychological Measurements and Statistics, SOCI 2060 Social Statistics) courses. MATH 105, MATH 1100 College Algebra and MATH 1101 Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry do not fulfill this requirement.
 
One of the courses taken to fulfill this requirement may be chosen from among those courses offered by a department of the college and included on the list of courses fulfilling the Mathematical Reasoning requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.
 

Science and Nature Requirement

Students must complete two courses. Courses in BIOL, CHEM and PHYS can be used to fulfill this requirement. ARSC 1020 Major Concepts in Modern Science 1 and ARSC 1021 Major Concepts in Modern Science 2 may be used to fulfill this requirement. Only one anthropology course may be used to fulfill this requirement and it cannot also fulfill part of the Individual and Social Behavior requirement. One of the courses taken to fulfill the Science and Nature requirement in the college curriculum may be chosen from among those courses offered by a department of the college and included on the list of courses fulfilling the Science and Nature requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Philosophy Requirement

Students are required to complete PHIL 1001 Philosophy of Human Nature, PHIL 2310 Theory of Ethics and one other upper division (3000 or higher) philosophy course. The completion of PHIL 1001 and PHIL 2310 fulfills the Human Nature and Ethics requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.

Theology Requirement

Students must complete nine credit hours of theology: THEO 1001 Introduction to Theology, one second-level Theology course (a 2000-level course) and one third-level Theology course (a 4000-level course), in that sequence. THEO 1001 counts toward fulfillment of the Theology requirement in the University Core of Common Studies. The second-level course taken to fulfill the Theology requirement in the college curriculum may be chosen from among those courses listed as fulfilling the Theology requirement in the University Core of Common Studies.  
 
Note that not all UCCS-approved courses fulfill the Arts and Sciences college curriculum requirements. (For example, for the UCCS, a student may take ENGL 1001 Rhetoric and Composition 1and COMM 1100 Contemporary Presentation, but for the Arts and Sciences College Curriculum, ENGL 1001 Rhetoric and Composition 1 and ENGL 1002 Rhetoric and Composition 2 are required.)
 
Similarly, not all Arts and Sciences college curriculum requirements fulfill the UCCS. Students should cross check the UCCS-approved course list with the Arts and Sciences college curriculum requirements to know whether a course fulfills requirements in both the UCCS and the College curriculum. Note, too, that college curriculum requirements also may fulfill major/minor requirements and vice versa, but a course can fulfill only one College Curriculum requirement.

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