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18 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Residency Requirement In order to graduate from Eckerd College, a student must spend at least four semesters and two short terms, including the senior year, in the college or in an approved off-campus program. Bachelor of Arts Degree The following requirements must be fulfilled by all students in order to qualify for formal recommendation by the faculty for the Bachelor of Arts degree: 1. The satisfactory completion of a minimum of 32 courses plus an autumn term course in the freshman year and a winter term project in each subsequent year. a. A freshman may take a winter term in addition to autumn term and substitute that winter term for one of the 32 courses or for a winter term in the sophomore or junior year. The Leadership and Self- Discovery Practicum does not fulfill a winter term requirement. b. The winter term project in the senior year normally consists of the preparation for comprehensive examinations, theses, or projects. 2. Writing competency: Each student must submit a portfolio of his or her own compositions to be evaluated. Specifications for the contents of the portfolio are available from the Director of Writing Excellence. Usually, the pieces in the portfolio are essays, reports, examinations, or creative work written in courses, and all students must submit portfolios for evaluation before the second semester of the junior year. Students may not register for senior projects, theses, or comprehensive examinations without having received writing competency for their portfolios. Composition courses and the Writing Center provide instruction in preparing writing competency portfolios; a student whose portfolio is judged inadequate must take a composition course before resubmitting his or her portfolio. Because portfolio evaluation is conducted only twice each year, students are strongly urged to consult with their Mentors and the Writing Center staff well before the March and October deadlines. 3. Foreign language (normally in the freshman year): one year of foreign language at the college level or the equivalent as demonstrated by a college administered proficiency examination or the equivalent as determined by the language faculty. 4. Information technology competency as demonstrated in the first year cultural heritage course and in the major or concentration. 5. Oral competency (general), as demonstrated in the first year cultural heritage course and in the major or concentration. 6. Quantitative competency (normally in the freshman year): one college level mathematics, computer science, formal logic or statistics course, or one course that uses the computer as a major learning tool, designated by an M following the course number. 7. Western Heritage in a Global Context I and II. First-time college students who enter with advanced standing as a result of credit and/or advanced placement earned in high school are still required to complete at least one semester of Western Heritage in a Global Context. There is a special section of Western Heritage in a Global Context II for international students. 8. One course in each of the four academic areas (Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences) plus one course designated as an Environmental Perspective (E) and one course designated as a Global Perspective (G). Courses in the Arts: Communication (media any level; speaking 300 level or higher), Creative Arts Collegium (CR) courses (except the Resident Adviser Internship), Creative Writing, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts (including art history). ACADEMIC POLICIES

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