GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (continued)

B.S. Degree Requirements:
The B.S. curricula in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology, and the four engineering programs—Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical—have been established by the faculty and represent the departmental as well as the professional expectations of these disciplines. Requirements for the specific curricula may be found under the appropriate departmental headings.

A.B. Degree Requirements:
At least 32 course credits are required for the A.B. degree. Certain courses in Military Science may not be counted toward the 32 course minimum.

A.B. Degree Foreign Culture Requirement, which may be satisfied in one of the following ways: (1) demonstration of proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate level, (2) an approved semester of study abroad, or (3) completion of a cluster of three related courses dealing with another culture. The established clusters are: Africa/Middle East; Asia; Central and Western Europe; France; Germany; Latin America; and Russia.

For the Foreign Culture requirement, students may take only one of the following general courses as part of the cluster:

Foreign Culture Clusters:
Students are advised to choose their courses from one of the following seven clusters. However, they may design an individualized cluster subject to approval of their adviser and the Foreign Culture Requirement Subcommittee.

1. Africa and the Middle East: 2. Asia:

3. Central and Western Europe:
Along with French and/or German 101, 102, included within this cluster are all appropriate elementary-level language courses that might be taken at Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges institutions or within the framework of a LVAIC-sponsored summer language/culture study abroad program.

Each course places strong emphasis on historical and cultural contexts. However, CL 225, 351, and 460 are acceptable only if the major content is appropriate to the cluster-focused on aspects of culture within Central and Western Europe.

Courses dealing with the British Isles are excluded from this cluster.

4. France: 5. Germany: 6. Latin America: 7. Russia:

 

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