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Related Degrees

Degree Plan and Description	Printable Degree Plan
AA - Associate of Arts	Degree Plan
BA - English	Degree Plan
BA - History	Degree Plan
BA - History and Historical Interpretation	Degree Plan
BA - Music	Degree Plan
BA - Psychology	Degree Plan
BA - Rhetoric and Writing	Degree Plan
BA - Spanish	Degree Plan
BS - Biology	Degree Plan

Degree Requirements

(Printable Version with full details)

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
3	Mathematics Requirement	1
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	SPCH 1203 Intro to Speech Communication
4	Science Requirement	1
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1
4	Science Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
4	SPAN 1304 Beginning Spanish I
3	RHET 2863 Advanced Composition	2 & 3
3	RHET 3103 Editing for Style, Usage, Clarity	2
3	Additional degree requirement	5
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ENGL 3003 History and Dev of English Language	2
4	SPAN 1314 Beginning Spanish II
3	RHET 3503 Persuasive Writing	2
3	RHET 3603 Writing for the Workplace or RHET 3613 Technical Writing	2
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	RHET 3703 Nonfiction Writing	2
3	Rhetoric/Writing elective	2 & 4
3	SPAN 2803 Intermediate Spanish I
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	PHIL 3103 Reasoning Across the Disciplines
JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	PHIL 3203 Ethics Across the Disciplines
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Rhetoric/Writing elective	2 & 4
3	Rhetoric/Writing elective	2 & 4
SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	RHET 4803 Senior Seminar	2
3	Rhetoric/Writing elective	2 & 4
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Rhetoric/Writing elective	2 & 4
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
3	Additional Degree Requirement	5
Total Hours: 124 At least 45 hours must be upper level

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, see Graduation Requirements section of catalog.
2: These courses are used to determine major courses in residency, see Graduation Requirements.
3: If RHET 2863 was taken for the Composition requirement, select an upper-level RHET course.
4: Rhetoric/Writing degree elective, 15 hours. Select from 4000 level RHET courses.
5: Additional Degree Requirement, 36 hours-Consult with faculty advisor. May have 18 hours from two other areas or 18 hours from one area plus electives. Select courses to ensure completion of 45 upper-level hours for graduation.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.