Current Requirements

• 210 credits, of which 108 must be earned while enrolled at Carleton.
• Cumulative grade average of C (2.0) or better.
• A major field of study: chosen during the third term of sophomore year; number of credits varies by department; grades earned in required courses in the department must be a C- or better.
• Integrative Exercise: a maximum of fifteen and a minimum of three academic credits awarded for an integrative exercise.
• Residence Requirement: at least six terms, including the senior year (last three terms) must be spent in residence.

New Requirements (Class of 2014 & following)

• 210 credits, of which 108 must be earned while enrolled at Carleton.
• Cumulative grade average of C (2.0) or better.
• A major field of study: chosen during the third term of sophomore year; number of credits varies by department; grades earned in required courses in the department must be a C- or better.
• Integrative Exercise: a maximum of fifteen and a minimum of three academic credits awarded for an integrative exercise.
• Residence Requirement: at least six terms, including the senior year (last three terms) must be spent in residence.

• a first-year “Argument and Inquiry” seminar
• a revised writing portfolio
• an additional writing course

• three courses designated as a “quantitatively rich encounter”

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• proficiency in a language other than English (four or five courses depending on the language)
• one course designated “recognition and affirmation of difference” (RAD)

• proficiency in a language other than English (four or five courses depending on the language)
• at least one course in international studies
• at least one course in intercultural domestic studies

• four terms of physical education, all of which can be fulfilled by participation in approved club sports

• 6 science credits (with lab component)
• 6 formal or statistical reasoning credits
• 6 social inquiry credits
• 6 arts practice credits
• 6 humanistic inquiry credits
• 6 literary/artistic analysis credits