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Students officially declare their majors during the spring semester of their sophomore year. However, to assist with academic advising, entering students are provided an opportunity to indicate their prospective major. B.S. programs often have requirements that begin in the first semester. It is important that B.S. students follow the schedule recommendations of their prospective major department. A.B. candidates have more flexibility in their course selections during their first two years. For more details on majors, see the online Lafayette College Catalog, request a brochure on a specific major from the Office of Admissions, or visit the academic section of the College’s home page. |
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Students may petition the Academic Progress Committee for permission to pursue a five-year, two-degree program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in two fields of study. Two-degree candidates are required to complete the course of study for the B.S. degree, the A.B. degree, the requirements for the majors, and other general requirements for graduation. The engineering division offers a five-year, two-degree program in internation-al studies and engineering. The student earns a B.S. in a field of engineering and an A.B. in international studies. |
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In addition to the majors in Africana studies, American studies, biochemistry, international affairs, mathematics-economics, neuroscience, and Russian and East European studies, which are interdepartmental programs, students may develop individual interdisciplinary majors within the A.B. program. Petitions for such majors must be submitted before the end of the sophomore year, endorsed by three faculty members representing the disciplines involved, and approved by the Academic Progress Committee. |
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Students may create courses within the major department, or in departments out-side the major, with the approval of the department head and the faculty member with whom they will work. Possibilities for courses are limited only by the imagination of the student. With the professor, the student selects books to be used and the area to be covered. The student works independently, consulting with the professor at regular intervals. |
Degrees
Lafayette
College offers three degrees: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of
Arts (A.B.), and Bachelor of Science in Engineering. Specific requirements
for each of these vary by department, but general requirements for all
degrees are established and monitored by the faculty.
andidates
for the Bachelor of Arts degree and most Bachelor of Science degrees may
elect minor programs in addition to their majors. This option is not available
to students who are pursuing two majors. Students electing minors are
encouraged to choose a minor in a different division (the College’s
four divisions are engineering, humanities, natural sciences, and social
sciences) from that of their major. Only a single minor is permitted.
A minor consists of a coherent sequence of courses, approved by the student’s
designated minor adviser. A minor program may be departmental or interdisciplinary.
Normally students wishing to pursue minors should seek approval of their
programs before the end of the junior year.
