REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE

In the College of Arts and Sciences, a candidate for the degree must complete a minimum of 128 semester hours of course work with at least a 2.0 cumulative average in an approved program. Each program must include the core curriculum, a major, and a minor. The candidate must also pass a comprehensive/performance examination in his/her major field usually in the senior year. A student who has not passed the senior comprehensive, or the Praxis II or GRE for the departments which allow these tests to be used as a substitute for the senior comprehensive, will not be allowed to participate in the commencement ceremony. Approved substitutions for the senior comprehensive are stated in the departmental sections.

MAJOR

Each candidate for a degree in the college must complete an approved major concentration of at least twenty-four, and no more than seventy-three, semester hours. Eighteen hours of these must be completed at Xavier. A minimum average of 2.0 is required by the college in the major field but individual departments may require a higher average. The approved programs are listed under the departments which offer them.