Requirements

Requirements for the Gettysburg Degree

• 32 Course Units
• Minimum accumulative GPA of 2.00 and a GPA of 2.00 in the major field
• Fulfillment of the curricular goals of the Gettysburg Curriculum

• The Arts - one course
• Humanities - one course
• Social Science - one course
• Natural Science - two courses (at least one with lab)

• Interdisciplinary courses - two courses
  or
  Course Cluster (Two disciplinary courses with an integrative experience clustered around a common theme)
• Quantitative, Inductive, and Deductive Reasoning - one course
• Capstone in Major

Effective Communication

• First-Year Writing
• Communication Conventions of the Major Field (To be determined by departments and programs)

• Second Language (equivalent to 202 - one to four courses)
• Cultural Diversity - two courses
• Science, Technology, and Society - one course

• Postings of exemplary work with reflective prefaces from courses supporting the Gettysburg Curriculum goals
• Letter to first-year advisor
• Letter to major advisor upon declaration of a major

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