Residence Requirements for L&S Undergraduate Students
Residency requirements are intended to ensure that students have a substantive and meaningful academic experience in classes taught by UW-Madison faculty.
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Students must have 30 overall credits in residence to meet the campus residence requirement.
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In addition, L&S students must complete at least 30 credits in residence as a Senior (after 86 earned degree credits) and 15 upper-level credits in residence for each declared major. Refer to major requirements in the Guide for more information.
These credits do not have to be contiguous for the requirement to be met.
Courses that do not count as "in residence" include:
- transfer courses
- courses completed at other Universities of Wisconsin schools, including UW Independent Learning
- courses taken through non-UW-Madison-administered study abroad programs
- courses taken abroad through another institution
- AP credits credit by examination
- retroactive credits (retrocredits)
Exceptions for up to eight (8) credits of the senior residence requirement may be approved if a student in good academic standing has a specific need to take fewer than 30 credits in residence as a Senior.
To be considered for an exception, please review the policy and then complete and submit the Senior Residence Exception Form.
Exceptions to the other residence requirements are not permitted.
For additional information, see
Phone: (608) 262-0617