Meets the Humanities/Literature/Arts and Social Studies General Education Requirement.

1. Liberal-Studies elective courses must be selected from the College of Letters and Science, the College of Engineering or the Institute for Environmental Studies and be classified as either humanities, social studies or literature courses (identified by the letters H, S, L or Z in "B" of the "geBLC" column of the Timetable). At least 6 credits must have a breadth designation of humanities (H, L or Z), and at least 3 credits must have a designation of social studies (S or Z). Foreign language courses count as H credits.

2. Among the liberal-studies electives 9-12 credits must be chosen to form a concentration in one field or two closely related fields, and at least one of the courses in the concentration must be at an intermediate or advanced level (indicated by an I, A or D in the "L" of the "geBLC" column of the Timetable).

3. A minimum of 4 credits must be taken outside the field of concentration.

4. A 3-credit ethnic-studies course must be selected from the College of Letters and Science. Acceptable courses are identified by the letter "e" in the "eBLC" column of the Timetable. If appropriate, the ethnic-studies course may be among those used to satisfy the concentration requirement.

5. Retroactive credits may be awarded for foreign language work done in high school. The following conditions apply:

   1. A university-level foreign language course must be taken before the student has earned 30 college credits in residence;

   2. A Retroactive Language Credit Request Form must be completed and submitted to the language instructor during the first two weeks of class;

   3. The student must earn a B or better in this course (or a C or better if it is German).

   Such credits do not count towards the 16 liberal-studies credits required. They may, however, be used to satisfy the concentration and depth requirements stated in Item 2 above and count as degree credits.

6. English composition courses, English as a Second Language courses, and basic Communications Arts courses are not accepted as liberal-studies electives.

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