In order to graduate, students at Livingston College must meet the following set of requirements:

• Credits and Residency
• Writing Requirement
• Basic Skills Requirement
• Declaration and Completion of Major
• Livingston College Core Distribution Requirements
• Other Requirements

Credits and Residency

• Degree candidates must complete at least 120 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or higher.

• Students matriculated at Livingston College must earn 30 of their last 42 credits while registered at the college and attending classes in New Brunswick. Students have a maximum of 11 full-time equivalent semesters to complete their degree work.

Writing Requirement

Students must complete (with a grade of C or better) Expository Writing I (01:355:101) and one additional writing course:

01:355:201 RESEARCH IN THE DISCIPLINES (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Improve writing and research abilities through work in a particular discipline. Courses linked to corequisites inprofessional programs or university departments.

01:355:301 COLLEGE WRITING AND RESEARCH (3) Designed for transfer students Further development of competence in reading, thinking and writing through the analysis and composition ofexpository prose.

01:355:302 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WRITING (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Practice in research and writing in scientific and technical settings. Focus on an independent project related to thestudent’s field of specialization.

01:355:303 WRITING FOR BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Practice in management-level research and writing in business and professional settings. Focus on an independentproject related to the student’s field of specialization.

01:355:312 WRITING FOR BIOLOGY AND NATURAL SCIENCE (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Project-focused course designed to address the needs of students in the biological and natural sciences. Coversgrant proposals, research papers, and journal publications.

01:355:315 WRITING GRANT PROPOSALS (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Theory and practice of grant writing to support research, education, or community. Focus on identifyingappropriate sources of grant funding, organizing research, and tailoring projects to specific audiences.

01:355:322 WRITING FOR ENGINEERS (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Project-focused course designed to address the needs of students in engineering. Covers project proposals, patentapplication, technical reports, and other engineering documents.

01:355:342 SCIENCE WRITING (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Practice in writing about science for general readers and presenting scientific issues or information in the genrescommon to journals, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.

01:355:352 WRITING AS A NATURALIST (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Advanced writing course focusing on observing and writing about animals and the natural world.

01:355:355 WRITING IN THE PROFESSIONS (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Specialized writing training for professional, business, scientific, or technical fields.

01:355:365 TECHNICAL EDITING (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Practice editing technical documents for grammar, syntax, organization, style, emphasis, and audience awareness.

01:355:375 COLLABORATIVE WRITING PRACTICES (3) May not be used for major or minor credit Theory and practice of managing collaborative writing in organizations. Students collaborate on group projectsinvolving planning, writing, presentation, and editing tasks.

The second course should be completed within one year of entering the college or immediately upon completion of Expository Writing I (01:355:101). 

Basic Skills Requirement

All Livingston College students must demonstrate proficiency in the basic skills sequences in reading, writing, and mathematics. Through testing, students are placed at the appropriate level in each sequence of courses or are exempted from one or both of the basic skills sequences. Students exempted from the English sequence may be placed immediately in 01:355:101 Expository Writing I.  Students exempted from the mathematics sequence may be placed directly into a course that meets the Analytical/Quantitative Skills Area or Core Distribution Requirement. The basic skills sequences are as follows:

English
01:355:098 Composition Skills
01:355:100 Basic Composition

Mathematics
01:640:001 Computation Skills
01:640:025 Elementary Algebra
01:640:026 Intermediate Algebra or 01:640:027 Elements of Algebra

Students are expected to begin with the course in which they are placed their first semester and to continue during consecutive semesters through each required basic skills sequence. English courses may be taken only at Rutgers-New Brunswick; mathematics courses may be taken outside of Rutgers in summer sessions, with permission of the dean.

Declaration and Completion of a Major

Qualification for a degree requires the completion of a major. Students are responsible for ensuring that they are qualified to complete their intended major. They should consult with the undergraduate director in the department offering the major. Livingston College students do not need to complete a minor.

Students who intend to declare a major formally are required to have completed a minimum of 30 credits. It is recommended that all students declare a major formally by the end of their sophomore year (53 credits).

• List of Livingston College Majors

A Bachelor of Arts degree is conferred for all majors except the following, for which a Bachelor of Science degree is awarded: Accounting; Anthropology (Evolutionary Option); Astrophysics; Exercise Science and Sport Studies; Finance; Geological Sciences;  Management; Management Science and Information Systems; Marine Sciences; Marketing; Medical Technology; and Public Health. A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science may be earned in Computer Science and Physics. 

Livingston College Core Distribution Requirements

In addition to the proficiency and writing requirements, a major, and 120 credits, Livingston College requires all students who entered after Fall 1999 to meet Core Distribution Requirements (CDRs). The purpose of the core requirements is to prepare students to understand the local, national, and global components of the modern world. To meet the challenges of that world, students must be able to think critically, act responsibly, and exercise leadership. 

The central component of the core requirements is 02:090:101 Building Community Through Leadership and Understanding, which all first-year students must complete with a grade of C or higher. All students must complete 10 courses (nine [9] for transfer students) of three (3) or more credits with a grade of C or higher. No more than three (3) of the core courses may be from the same academic department, and no course may be used to fulfill more than one requirement.

Your requirements may differ depending upon when you entered Livingston College:

• Use the Pink CDR if you entered Livingston College as a:
  • First-Year student in Fall 2004 or thereafter
  • Transfer, College-to-College, or Readmitted student in Fall 2005 or thereafter

• Use the Purple CDR if you entered Livingston College as a:
  • First-Year student between Fall 2000 and Spring 2004
  • Transfer, College-to-College, or Readmitted student between Fall 2000 and Spring 2005

• Use the Blue CDR if you entered Livingston College in Fall 1999 or Spring 2000

Other Requirements

• For students entering Fall 2003 or thereafter, the minimum GPA is 2.0.

• In-Class Work - Each student must complete at least 90 credits of in-class work. This may include transfer credits at appropriate levels. Out-of-class credits (independent study, internships, prior learning, and credit by examination) should not exceed 30 credits.

• Upper-Level Work - Each student must complete 30 credits at the 300 or 400 level in classroom courses, independent study, or internships. This requirement specifically excludes prior learning, and credit by examination. It may include transfer credits at appropriate levels.

• Independent Study and Fieldwork - No more than 25 percent (30 credits) of total course credit may be taken in internships, independent study, or summer work experience.