Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree Requirements

Lakeland College awards the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree for successful completion of the college’s four-year liberal arts course of study.

In order to complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree at Lakeland College, each student must:

1. Complete the Interdisciplinary Studies requirement by:
   1. Demonstrating college-level proficiency in each of the required College Skills areas: reading, writing, and mathematics.
   2. Completing Distributional Studies requirements in Rhetorical Development, Quantitative Analysis, and seven (7) of eight (8) distributional studies areas.
   3. Completing the Critical Thinking Core Sequence requirements: Core I, Core II, Core III. For the specific requirements of each General Studies area, please refer to the “Undergraduate Curriculum ” section of this catalog.
2. Complete an academic major. For the specific requirements of each major see the “Undergraduate Curriculum ” section of this catalog.
3. Complete at least 120 semester hours of college credit, of which no more than 6 semester hours may be from developmental coursework.
4. Earn a minimum of 30 semester hours of college credit through Lakeland College. Of the last 30 semester hours credited toward the degree, 24 must be earned through Lakeland College.
5. Maintain a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 2.0 in the Lakeland major and minor areas, and at least 2.0 in all coursework taken through Lakeland College. Education majors are required to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in all the coursework applied to the major, minor, professional sequence, and Interdisciplinary Studies requirements.
6. Complete at least one-third of the coursework required for the Lakeland major(s) and minor(s) through Lakeland College.