It is recommended that students complete competency and area requirements by the end of the second year. To help students keep track of their earned core requirements, the College offers a College Area Requirements Checklist.
Required courses may simultaneously count toward a first major, as well as a second major or a minor.
All undergraduate College students (except Echols Scholars) are required to fulfill Competency Requirements by earning the proper number of credits from courses taken in each of three different academic subject areas:
All undergraduate students except Echols Scholars are required to fulfill Area Requirements by earning the proper number of credits from courses taken in each of five different academic subject areas:
See the Area Requirements page for a full description of the terms, including the courses that do and do not satisfy them.
Courses taken to fulfill the area requirements may be counted toward a first or second major or toward a minor, with the exception of foreign language courses through the 2020 level (2320 for French, 2060 for Chinese, and 2120 for Portuguese).