Bachelor of Arts Supplement
Bachelor of Arts Requirements:
As part of its Mission, the College of Liberal Arts encourages students to gain a “sophisticated understanding of the stories, histories, and ideologies that inform our collective and personal identities and perspectives, and of the languages that mediate them,” to “engage and illuminate the complexities of social, cultural, and political interactions, past and present.”
Any single course used to satisfy a General Education requirement cannot also be used to fulfill a BA requirement.
To that end, the fulfillment of the B.A. requires the following:
- A minimum of two (2) three- or (for beginning language instruction) four-credit Modern Language courses consistent with the student's score on the Foreign Language Placement Test (FLPT), and taught in the target language by the Department of Modern Languages.
- The FLPT is used for placement into Norwich language courses only. No credit is awarded based on the student's score on this test.
- Modern Language coursework transferred from an accredited institution may be substituted for Norwich courses, to satisfy this requirement.
- A minimum of (2) three-credit Intercultural Knowledge and Competence courses. The courses meeting this requirement emphasize a comparative approach that involves multiple perspectives regarding one or more cultural differences (ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexuality, disability studies, etc.) within the United States or across multiple societies.
- Courses satisfying this requirement must be taken from outside the major program, meaning that the course must be identified by a subject different from those in the students designated primary major program.
| Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Courses: | ||
| Comparative Criminal Justice Systems | 3 | |
CN (Chinese courses 205 or higher) | ||
| Advanced Academic English I | 3 | |
| Advanced Academic English II | 3 | |
| Introduction to World Literatures | 3 | |
| Survey of British Literature II | 3 | |
| Survey of American Literature I | 3 | |
| Survey of American Literature II | 3 | |
| Introduction to Theater | 3 | |
| American Roots | 3 | |
| Topics in World Literatures | 3 | |
| History of the English Language | 3 | |
FR (French courses 205 or higher) | ||
GR (German courses 205 or higher) | ||
| The History of Civilization I | 3 | |
| The History of Civilization II | 3 | |
| Ancient Greece and Rome | 3 | |
| The Middle Ages: Europe 500 - 1500 | 3 | |
| Early East Asian Civilizations | 3 | |
| Modern East Asian Civilizations | 3 | |
| History of the Middle East | 3 | |
| Survey of Sub-Sahara Africa | 3 | |
ML (Modern Language 200 or higher) | ||
| Think! Intro to Philosophy | 3 | |
| Global History of Philosophy | 3 | |
| Comparative Religion | 3 | |
| Asian Politics | 3 | |
| Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 | |
SP (Spanish courses 205 or higher) | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
| Racial and Cultural Minorities | 3 | |
| Topics in Sociology | 3 | |