Students must complete a minimum of 120 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.000 or higher, including their declared major and minor and the general education requirements. Each student is responsible for meeting these requirements and for attending classes, completing all assignments and examinations, and maintaining academic integrity.
A. Writing Skills
01:355:101 Expository Writing or its equivalent. Students with a grade of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Test are awarded degree credit for 01:355:101.
An additional course, beyond 01:355:101 Expository Writing, of at least three credits with a strong writing component, selected from a list approved by the Rutgers College Curriculum Committee and distributed to first-year and transfer students.
In addition to 01:355:101 Expository Writing, 01:355:098 Composition Skills and 01:355:100 Basic Composition are graduation requirements for students who, in the judgment of the Department of English, show need for additional work in composition. Beginning with the writing course identified by the Department of English, students must register for and complete composition courses in consecutive terms, with no hiatus, until they have passed 01:355:101 Expository Writing. Students who fail either 01:355:100 or 01:355:101 two times may register only for English 100 or 101 until they successfully complete the course. English 01:355:098, 100, and 101 do not fulfill any other general education, major, or minor requirements.
B. Quantitative Skills
Two courses of 3 or more credits each selected as follows:
One course in college-level mathematics. This requirement may be satisfied by (a) placing into first-term calculus on the Rutgers Math Placement Test; or (b) passing one of the following:
- 01:640:103 Topics in Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
- 01:640:104 Elementary Combinatorics and Probability
- 01:640:105 Introduction to Linear Mathematics
- 01:640:107 Mathematics for Elementary Teaching
- 01:640:112 Precalculus II
- 01:640:115 Precalculus College Mathematics
One additional course selected from those listed below:
Anthropology
01:070:335 Analysis of Archaeological Data
01:070:395 Quantification of Archeological Data
Biochemistry
11:115:413 Experimental Biochemistry
Chemistry
01:160:251 Analytical Chemistry
Communication
04:192:300 Communication Research
04:192:466 Audience and Market Analysis
04:192:471 Content Analysis
Computer Science
01:198:105 Great Insights in Computer Science
01:198:107 Computing for Math and the Sciences
01:198:110 Introduction to Computers and Their Applications
01:198:170 Computer Applications for Business
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01:198:XXX All courses except 198:405 and those less than 3 credits or E credit
Criminal Justice
01:202:307 Criminal Justice Research Methods
Economics
01:220:201 Statistical Methods in Economics
01:220:322 Econometrics
01:220:326 Econometric Theory
01:220:386 Operations Research I
01:220:401 Advanced Econometrics
01:220:410 Operations Research II
01:220:421 Economic Forecasting
Education
05:300:350 Education and Computers
Exercise Science and Sport Studies
01:377:275 Basic Statistics For Exercise Science
01:377:413 Statistics & Research Design in Exercise Science
Engineering
14:440:127 Introduction to Computers for Engineers
14:440:221 Engineering Mechanics: Statistics
Geography
01:450:319 Quantitative Methods
01:450:320 Spatial Data Analysis
01:450:330 Geographical Methods
Information Technology and Informatics
04:547:111 The Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach
Linguistics
01:615:201 Introduction To Linguistic Theory
01:615:305 Syntax
01:615:315 Phonology
01:615:325 Semantics
01:615:411 Morphology
01:615:451 Phonetics
Mathematics
01:640:XXX All courses except less than 3 credits or E credit
Operations Research
01:711:XXX All courses except less than 3 credits or E credit
Philosophy
01:730:201 Introduction to Logic
01:730:315 Applied Symbolic Logic
01:730:407 Intermediate Logic I
01:730:408 Intermediate Logic II
Planning and Public Policy
10:762:205 Basic Statistical Methods for Policy, Planning and Health
10:762:395 Research Methods
Political Science
01:790:300 Intro to Political Science Methods
Psychology
01:830:200 Quantitative Methods in Psychology
01:830:300 Research Methods in Psychology
Public Health
10:832:241 Computers in Health
Sociology
01:920:311 Introduction to Social Research
01:920:312 Computer Analysis of Social Science Data
Spanish
01:940:365 Research Methods in Spanish Linguistics
Statistics
01:960:XXX All courses except less than 3 credits or E credit
Urban Studies
10:975:205 Basic Statistical Methods for Urban Studies and Community Health
Students whose math placement test shows that they need to complete remedial math courses (01:640:025 or 026) must begin remediation in their first term at the college; they must register for and complete remedial courses in consecutive terms, with no hiatus, until they have passed 01:640:026 Intermediate Algebra.
Courses taken in satisfaction of the quantitative skills requirement may be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.
C. Natural Science
Two courses of at least 3 credits each, excluding independent study, in one of the following disciplines: biological sciences, chemistry, environmental science (except 11:375:333, 334 Environmental Law I and II ), geological sciences, meteorology, or physics.
D. Social Science
Two courses of at least 3 credits each, excluding independent study, in one of the following disciplines: Africana studies*, American studies*, anthropology, economics, geography, history, Jewish studies*, political science, psychology, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies*, sociology, or women's studies*.
E. Humanities
Two courses of at least 3 credits each, excluding independent study, in one of the following disciplines: African languages and literatures, Africana studies*, American studies*, art history, Chinese, classics, comparative literature, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Jewish studies*, Korean, Latin, linguistics, music, philosophy, Portuguese, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean studies*, religion, Slavic languages and literatures, Spanish, or Women's studies*.
F. Non-Western Requirement
One course of at least 3 credits about the non-Western world, excluding independent study, selected from a list distributed to all students. This course may also be used in partial satisfaction of requirements C, D, or E above.
Courses taken in satisfaction of requirements C, D, E, and F above may also be used to fulfill major and minor requirements.
*Courses in these interdisciplinary subjects may fulfill either the humanities or the social science requirement, provided the courses are not cross listed. If a course is cross-listed (for example, a Women's Studies course cross listed with History), the course counts in the area of the cross-listed course. Students may not use four courses in the same interdisciplinary subject to fulfill both the humanities and the social science requirements.
Students must declare and complete a major from among the disciplines and requirements listed on the Rutgers College Majors and Minors list.
Students must declare and complete a minor from among the disciplines and requirements listed on the Rutgers College Majors and Minors list.
Students matriculated at Rutgers College must earn 30 of their last 42 credits while registered at Rutgers College and attending classes in New Brunswick. Students who transfer into Rutgers College with senior status must earn a minimum of 30 credits while registered as Rutgers College students in order to receive a bachelor's degree from the college.
