The links below connect to the Undergraduate
Catalog and other online resources that offer explanations of the General
Education Requirements within individual Schools and Colleges. This list
should not be relied upon as the only source of information about the
requirements; as always, students should be proactive and should seek assistance
from their advisers.
Minimum
Degree Requirements -- these overlap with the university requirements
to provide the foundation for those students who seek to earn a degree
in CALS
Prebusiness
Requirements -- these extend the General Education Requirements, with
additional requirements intended to provide adequate preparation for specific
courses of study in the School of Business.
The School of Education offers
a wide variety of degrees and certificates. The liberal studies/pre-professional
requirements extend the campus General Education requirements in the areas
of Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science. For the most
part, remaining aspects of the General Education requirements can be met
by completing course work required in the professional part of any degree
program.
Education Academic Services,
B117 Education Building, is the School's undergraduate dean's office.
Student interested in an Education program should meet with an EAS advisor
and may wish to consult the EAS
website.
Visit the School of Education
homepage for additional
information about the School.
The Undergraduate Catalog
states that, "because engineering curricula are structured and require
a large number of specific courses, it is particularly important that
engineering students work closely with engineering advisers to monitor
progress toward graduation." Students in COE are therefore
encouraged here to seek the advice of these advisors to ensure fulfillment
of General Education and other COE requirements. The College
of Engineering page links to a number of resources for students, including
their Office
of Pre-Engineering, which provides advising services to students starting
out in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison.
The College of Letters and Science undergraduate breadth requirements exceed campus General Education
Requirements. Students who transfer to another UW-Madison school or
college before completing the L&S breadth and ethnic studies
may need to complete additional General Education Requirements.
The College of Letters and Science
and the Schools associated with it allow students to develop the qualities
of a liberally educated individual through studies that have both breadth
and depth. A significant addition to the basic General
Education Requirements is the addition of a foreign language requirement.
A worksheet
is available to help students understand the L&S requirements for both
the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Arts.
Advising:
Freshmen and sophomores in the College of Letters and Science are encouraged
to contact an adviser through the L&S Advising Center, 25 Ingraham
Hall (262-1849). The Center is open year-round (except during school holidays)
Monday through Friday from 8:15 to 11:40 a.m. and 12:40 to 4:20 p.m. Advisers
in this office are faculty members from many departments in the college
who meet with students in order to provide general information about the
majors and to discuss progress toward the B.A. or B.S. degree.
Students who have
declared or who are considering declaring majors in L&S
are encouraged to meet with the primary adviser in the department they
have chosen.
Students who are
undecided about a major may seek assistance from the Cross-College
Advising Service (CCAS), 10 Ingraham Hall; phone 265-5460. This
is a campuswide advising service for undergraduate students who are undecided
about a major and who want to explore the many academic opportunities
on campus.
The College of Letters and Science
contains several schools within it. Three of those schools offer
undergraduate degrees:
Information about the School
of Journalism and Mass Communication is available in the
Undergraduate
Catalog as well as on the "J-School" homepage.
The Undergraduate
Catalog listing for the School of Music provides
a link to the school's homepage,
where more detailed information can be found.
Degree
requirements within the School of Nursing include and extend the university-wide
General Education Requirements.
The School
of Nursing website contains links to a list of academic
advisers, who can help students understand academic requirements,
changes in requirements, choose electives, and plan a balanced program.
Non-major
curriculum graduation requirements of the BS-Pharmacology &
Toxicology degree allow students to fulfill those General Education
Requirements that are not fulfilled by pre-pharmacology/toxicology course
requirements or by courses required in the pharmacology/toxicology major.
The General Education Requirements
that apply to undergraduate programs do not apply to the Doctor of
Pharmacy program, which is a professional program; however, certain
of the admission and graduation requirements of the Doctor of Pharmacy
program are the same as certain of the General Education Requirements.
Information on these admission and graduation requirements is available
in the Undergraduate
Catalog.
