Additional School/College General Education Requirements

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. 

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS)

Minimum Degree Requirements -- these overlap with the university requirements to provide the foundation for those students who seek to earn a degree in CALS

Curriculum Sheets and Four-Year Plans -- this site contains outlines of the requirements for individual majors within CALS, whereas the "four-year plan" "will help you in sequencing your pre-requisite courses and requirements."  For more information on undergraduate programs in CALS, go to http://www.cals.wisc.edu/students/undergraduate-programs/. 

School of Business

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 Business website includes a page on Advising Services in the School.

College of Engineering (COE)

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 the Engineering General Resources Office, which provides advising services to students starting out in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. 

School of Human Ecology (SoHE)

SoHE general education requirements reflect and slightly extend the campus-wide requirements. 

SoHE maintains a website, which includes links to the SoHE Office of Student Academic Affairs.

College of Letters and Science (L&S)

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 General Education requirements is the addition of a foreign language requirement.

• A BABS (also known as BABS07) worksheet is available to help students understand the L&S requirements for both the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts (applicable if you matriculated AFTER May 21, 2007, or have declared the BABS degree). 
• For students that matriculated BEFORE May 21, 2007, and have not changed to the BABS07 degree, the B.A. and B.S. worksheet is also available to help understand requirements.
• Advising: Freshmen and sophomores in the College of Letters and Science are encouraged to contact an adviser through the L&S Academic and Career Advising Center in 155 of the Middleton Building (262-5858, acac@ls.wisc.edu). This office encompasses two components of a Letters and Science student's undergraduate career at the University: undergraduate academic advising (LSUAS) and academic policy referrals (add/drop a class, auditing, etc.).  This office should be viewed as a resource for Letters and Science students to help them from the beginning of their undergraduate career to the graduation day.
• 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, 265-5460.  This is a campus-wide 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.
  • The School of Social Work listing in the Undergraduate Catalog provides information as well as the school's homepage.

School of Pharmacy

BS-Pharmacology & Toxicology

• 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 School of Pharmacy  homepage contains links to information about the BS-Pharmacology & Toxicology program. Information on graduation requirements is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

• 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. 
• The School of Pharmacy homepage contains links to information about the Pharm.D. program. Information on graduation requirements is available in the Undergraduate Catalog.