Historical Course Designations and Breadth Requirements
The following section addresses the old L&S historical course breadth and level designations.
All
L&S undergraduate students are required to fulfill the L&S Breadth of
Exploration in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The L&S Breadth includes:
·
Humanities: 12 credits (of which 6
credits must be Literature credit)
·
Social Science: 12 credits
·
Natural Science: 12 credits
NOTE:
Although all L&S undergraduates must complete a minimum of 12 natural
science credits in order to graduate, there are differences between the B.A.
and B.S. natural science breadth requirement.
Bachelor
of Arts (B.A.) candidates must
complete a minimum of one (1) 3-credit Biological Science
course and one (1) 3-credit Physical
Science course. The additional 6 credits can be any combination of natural,
biological or physical science credits to bring the total to 12 credits.
Bachelor
of Science (B.S.) candidates must
complete a minimum of 6 credits of Physical Science and 6
credits of Biological Science.
Only
those courses that have both a specific Breadth designation
and "C" (Counts as LAS credit) in the "L&S Credit Type"
section of the Course Search & Enroll app
or in the current Guide with breadth in
the course designation section count toward the breadth requirement. The
following types of courses do not count toward the breadth
requirement:
·
elementary-level courses in
mathematics
·
elementary- and intermediate-level
courses in foreign language or courses in conversation and composition in a
foreign language
·
English composition
·
directed study/independent study
courses
·
practical and skill courses such as
elementary-level courses in journalism, public speaking, acting, and theater
production; courses in art; and courses in music performance
·
free
elective coursework
The
following types of courses are inappropriate for satisfying the breadth
requirement, and so lack breadth designation:
·
courses that are highly specialized
or narrowly pre-professional in nature; and
·
internships, practicums, directed
study, tutorials, senior theses, and other courses whose content is negotiated
between students and faculty on an individual basis.
Courses
designated as Natural Science (N) partially satisfy the natural science
requirement but not the specific physical or biological sciences course
requirements. If a course can meet more than one breadth designation,
students may select the division in which they want that course to count for
purposes of the breadth requirement; however, the course may be counted only
once and in only one division.
The
following is a list of symbols located in the "geBLC" column
of the former Timetable, the UW–Madison Transfer Equivalency Database (TED),
and the Credit Transfer Wizards. These symbols are still
used to designate course attributes in L&S. The symbols are as follows:
Letters
in the "g" column (or the Gen Ed designation in the
"Gen-Ed" section of the Course Guide under Additional
Info) identify a course which counts toward either the Communication
requirement or the Quantitative Reasoning requirement for general education as
follows:
a—course
counts toward the Communication Part A requirement.
b—course counts toward the Communication Part B requirement.
q—course counts toward the Quantitative Reasoning Part A requirement.
r—course counts toward the Quantitative Reasoning Part B requirement.
The
symbol "e" in the "e" column (or "yes"
in the "Ethnic" section of the Course Guide under Additional
Info) identifies a course that counts toward the L&S Ethnic Studies
requirement.
Symbols
in the "B" column (or the breadth designation in the
"Breadth"section of the Course Guide under Additional
Info) show how courses count in meeting the breadth requirement for the
L&S B.A./B.S. degrees.
B—Biological
Science. Counts toward the Natural Science requirement.
H—Humanities
I—Interdivisional. Does not satisfy any breadth requirement
L—Literature. Counts toward the Humanities requirement
N—Natural Science. Satisfies the Natural Science requirement but not the
Biological or Physical Science requirements
P—Physical Science. Counts toward the Natural Science requirement
S—Social Science
W—Either Social Science or Natural Science
X—Either Humanities or Natural Science
Y—Either Biological Sciences or Social Science
Z—Either Humanities or Social Science
Symbols
in the "L" column (or the level designation in the
"Level" section of the Course Guide under Additional
Info) show course level. Sixty credits of advanced and intermediate level
courses are required for the L&S B.A./B.S. degrees.
E—Elementary
I—Intermediate
A—Advanced
D—Intermediate or Advanced
Symbols
in the "C" column are:
C—courses which count for degree credit in L&S and which count as part of
the 100 credits in L&S for students under the 1971 degree requirements or
for the 108 Liberal Arts and Science (LAS) credits for students under BABS07.
Course
Level
Each
L&S course and each approved non-L&S course have been evaluated for
level:
·
Elementary (E),
·
Intermediate (I),
·
Advanced (A), or
·
Intermediate/Advanced (D).
Course
levels are indicated with each course listed in the Guide that also count for L&S Liberal
Arts and Science credit. Only courses that are designated as counting
as Liberal Arts and Science credit in the Guide are able to count toward level
in L&S for students.