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120 semester hours of credit are the required minimum number of hours for a Bachelors Degree from Illinois State University.
Some majors may end up with more than 120 hours but no one will be able to graduate with less than the 120 hours. The following formula can be used to get a ball park figure of what makes up your Bachelors Degree. The reason I say "ball park" is because there can be overlap with some of the courses making the hours you take work more efficiently for you. For the purposes of this example I am not overlapping any hours but will indicate, where I can, courses that MAY overlap or in other words; a course that can be used to satisfy two catagories. 1. General Education hours (45 hours) 2. SMT (3 hours) 3. Global Studies (3 hours) Can be part of General Education or the CJS major elective 369 4. Junior Writing Exam (0 hours) 5. Constitution Exam (0 hours) 6. Major Course work (64 hours) If chosen carefully 3 hours of General Education can be part of CJS major requirements 7. Minor Course work (18 to 24 hours) Total Hours if nothing overlaps is: (with minor 133 to 139) (without minor 115 plus 5 hours of elective credit) Community College work that transfers to ISU, Major requirements done at ISU and electives done at ISU all are included in the 120 hours. To complete the Bachelor of Science degree all students must: 1. pass the US and State Constitution Exams....some transfer students have already completed this requirement with their transfer work ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE. 2. pass the Junior Writing Exam....must be done at ISU. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 3. complete the Global Studies requirement....some transfer students have already completed this requirement with their transfer work. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 4. complete the Science,Math,Technology requirement. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 5. complete the general education component of the Bachelors Degree. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 6. complete the major requirements as outlined in your ISU undergraduate catalog ON-LINE and sumarized on the "Purple Sheet". 7. complete minor requirements (if you have a minor...for CJS majors it is not required) ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE To complete the Bachelor of Arts degree all students must: 1. pass the US and State Constitution Exams....some transfer students have already completed this requirement with their transfer work. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 2. pass the Junior Writing Exam....must be done at ISU. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 3. complete the Global Studies requirement....some transfer students have already completed this requirement with their transfer work. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 4. complete a Foreign Language at the 115 level. ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 5. complete the general education component of the Bachelors Degree ISU Catalogs are ON-LINE 6. complete the major requirements as outlined in your undergraduate catalog and sumarized on the "Purple Sheet". 7. complete minor requirements (if you have a minor...for CJS majors it is not required) |
