Programs of study leading to the degree Bachelor of Science are developed by the appropriate department to prepare students for employment or for entry into those graduate and professional schools which require intense preparation.

General Information
The requirements for the Bachelor of Science are as follows:

1. The student must complete at least 124 semester hours of credit in courses numbered 100 or above. These may include four hours maximum of physical activity credit unless additional work is required in the major.
2. The student must complete the general education program.
3. The student must complete a program of study prescribed by the major department that may also include work in related or supporting fields and restricted electives. The student may not be required to complete more than 70 semester hours in that program unless additional work is required by licensing, certifying, or other outside agencies, or unless it is an interdisciplinary program approved by the existing curriculum review process.
4. The student must complete such additional free and unrestricted electives as needed to total 124 hours for the degree.
5. The student must pass competency examinations in reading, writing, and mathematics during the junior year or beyond.

Grade Requirement
To graduate from ESU a student must have a grade point average of at least 2.0 in all work entered on his or her record. This includes all credits earned at other colleges as well as credits earned at this university. In the computation of the total semester hours, no course will be counted more than once and the grades used in the computation will be the last grade earned in a course that a student has repeated. (See regulations on repeating.) A student must also have a grade point average of at least 2.0 in the work taken at ESU. Higher grade point averages may be required for admission to or completion of certain programs offered by the university.

University-Wide Competency Examination Requirement
All students who expect to earn a baccalaureate degree from ESU must pass competency examinations in reading, writing, and mathematics. Non-teaching degree students may elect to take the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) test or the PPST. These examinations should be taken during the junior year. Those students who fail to reach the cut-off scores will be required to attend either the reading, writing, or mathematics laboratories for a semester. At the lab, further diagnostic testing will be performed, remediation efforts will take place, and the student will take an appropriate test again.

Failure to complete the competency examination requirements by the time a student becomes a senior can result in limitations on enrollment. Specific questions about the requirements and related policies should be directed to the Office of Assessment and Educational Measurements in room 23 of the Morse Complex.

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Last Updated March 20, 2007