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College Requirements


*The minimum cumulative GPA required to declare a major within this college varies

Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) vs. Bachelor of Science (BS)

B.A. Requirements

  • Two units of Art (GA) outside major department
    (Not including CORE 110 World of the Arts)
    -AND-
  • Six units of Humanities (GH) from two separate disciplines
    (Not including course used to fulfill CORE 120 Historical Perspectives/CORE 140 Global Perspectives requirement nor CORE 390 World of Ideas)

B.S. Requirements

  • Six units of Natural Sciences/Mathematics (GL, GN, GQ)
    (Not including courses used to fulfill Quantitative and Technical Reasoning requirement)
  • *Transfer students may require more than the minimum 6 additional credits of GL/GN/GQ if Quantitative and Technical Reasoning requirements were satisfied with transfer courses applied under the 2/3-credit rule

Admission Requirements

Admission to Professional Education

Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) vs. Bachelor of Science (BS)

Refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for additional BA and BS degree requirement information.

B.A. Requirements

  • Six units of 300/400 level work
    Select from Arts, Communications, Humanities, Social Science, Ethnic/Women/Interdisciplinary studies excluding courses in major or minor disciplines.
    300/400 level courses must be personalized on the AAR. Refer to the College of Letters & Sciences website for B.A. Requirements form.
    -AND-
  • Complete 2 semesters of the same world language at the college level
    -OR-
  • Demonstration of the equivalent proficiency by appropriate score on a placement examination
    -OR-
  • Students who graduated from high school before 2012 may waive the requirement with 2 high school years of the same foreign language. High school foreign language course completion must be personalized on the AAR. Refer to the College of Letters & Sciences website for B.A. Requirements form.

B.S. Requirements

  • A second 4-5 unit lab science course (designated GL)
    (Not including lab science course used to fulfill University Requirement. This lab science must also be from a different discipline than the lab science used for the University Requirement)
    -AND-
  • Select one of the following:
    1. MATH 250 OR MATH 253
    2. At least 6 units from two math courses beyond MATH 142
    3. At least 6 units chosen from two of the three options below:
    1. At least 3 units of math beyond MATH 142 (excluding MATH 230)
    2. 3-4 units of Statistics chosen from MATH 230 or STAT 230, PSYCH 215, SOCIOLGY 295, BIOLOGY 303, ECON 245 OR SOCWORK 250
    3. At least 3 units of computer science
Location

Academic Advising & Exploration Center
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
800 W. Main Street
Whitewater, WI  53190-1790

Contact

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Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Office Phone: (262) 472-4646
Email: advising@uww.edu