Degree Requirements

Major Requirements

• All students must complete a program of study consisting of a major (a field of concentration). No program shall require an excess of 60 semester hours.
• A major shall consist of 24 to 40 hours of lower-division departmental course work.  In addition, each student must complete at least 12 hours of 300 and/or 400 level course work in his/her field of study, at least 12 hours must be taken at UM.
• A department sometimes requires a secondary field of concentration (supporting courses). The nature and number of these courses are determined by the department.
• No grade lower than a C (2.0) may fulfill any course requirement. No course for the major or support module may be taken pass-fail.
• Certain departments have mandatory advising; students should consult the department in which they will major for specific details.
  

Graduation Requirements

• All ARHU freshmen (excluding students participating in one of the following programs: Honors, Honors Humanities, Gemstone, College Park Scholars, Writers' House, Civicus, or Global Communities) must take UNIV 101, The Student in the University and Introduction to Computer Resources, during their first semester on campus.
• All ARHU students, with the exception of students earning a Bachelor of Music degree, must earn a minimum of 45 hours of upper-level credit. Students earning a Bachelor of Music degree should consult a Music advisor.

Global Engagement Requirement (formerly Foreign Language Requirement)
effective Fall 2011 for newly admitted Arts and Humanities students

• The ARHU Global Engagement Requirement responds to the University Strategic Plan's call for students to "be prepared to live, work, and thrive in the current and future world environment."  We believe that the development of cultural competence will result in the knowledge, skills and disposition needed to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures and is an integral componenet in an arts and humanities education.