SEAS Major/Electives

[GS_Banding]

<p>Disclaimer: I know very little about SEAS credit structure.</p>

<p>Few questions on SEAS majors:</p>

<p>1) How many credits do you need to graduate from SEAS? Of these credits, how many are required for your major? How many credits are non-science/liberal arts electives?</p>

<p>2) If someone wanted to minor in Latin, would he/she have many disposable electives credits to spend on that minor?</p>

<p>3) Which (if there is one) is the SEAS major that allows the most flexibility in terms of taking non-science/math courses? Or are all SEAS majors similarly rigid?</p>

<p>Someone I know wants to transfer to SEAS but is afraid he won’t be able to take as many history/philosophy/language courses as he would like. I’m curious as to the amount of flexibility SEAS students have in the courses they can pick. CC and GS students seem to have quite a bit of flexibility.</p>

[mikenthemaddog66]

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Undergraduate students are required to complete the School’s degree requirements and graduate in eight academic terms. Full-time undergraduate registration is defined as at least 12 semester credits per term. However, in order to complete the degree, students must be averaging 16 points per term. Students may not register for point loads greater than 21 points per term without approval from their adviser.</p>

<p>To be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Science degree, a student must complete the courses prescribed in a faculty-approved major/program (or faculty-authorized substitutions) and achieve a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0. While the minimum number of academic credits is 128 for the B.S. degree, some programs of the School require a greater number of credits in order to complete all the requirements. Undergraduate engineering degrees are awarded only to students who have completed at least 60 points of course work at Columbia.</p>

<p>Undergraduates in the programs accredited by the Engineering Accredita-tion Commission of the ABET (chemical engineering, civil engineering, Earth and environmental engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering) satisfy ABET requirements by taking the courses in prescribed programs, which have been designed by the departments so as to meet the ABET criteria.

<a href=“http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/students/academics/policies/degree_req.php[/url]”>http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/students/academics/policies/degree_req.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/ugrad/programs/first_soph/nontech.php[/url]”>http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/ugrad/programs/first_soph/nontech.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2) Yes <a href=“http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/minor/greekorlatin.php[/url]”>http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/minor/greekorlatin.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>3) Operations Research tends to have the least amount of requirements.
<a href=“http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/dept/ieor.php?tab=undergradreqs[/url]”>http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/bulletin/dept/ieor.php?tab=undergradreqs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Columbia2002]

<p>1) Either 124 or 128 to graduate, but some of the more intense majors will require 140+ unless you place out of stuff or get AP credits. Major requirements vary from major to major – EMS doesn’t require much; ChemE requires a lot. Your liberal arts classes, including the Core and electives, will probably be 25-30 credits.</p>

<p>2) I have no idea what you mean by either “many” or “disposable electives credits.” </p>

<p>3) A cushy one – like EMS or IE or OR.</p>

[GS_Banding]

<p>Thanks for taking the time to reply.</p>