Undergraduate Dual Enrollment Programs

Arts and Sciences / Education
These dual programs for prospective teachers provide a broad general liberal arts education, depth in the content area to be taught, and professional coursework and field experiences focusing on the skills and knowledge necessary to teach students from diverse backgrounds and with varying abilities.

Students in these dual programs complete a program of study offered jointly by The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education and the requirements for a College of Arts and Sciences major in the subject area. The programs available include:

• English Education

• Mathematics Education

• Science Education (biology, chemistry, earth science, or physics)

• Social Studies Education (African American studies, American studies, anthropology, economics, geography, history, policy studies, political science or sociology)

Arts and Sciences / Public Communications
Students in The College of Arts and Sciences who dually enroll in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications receive the bachelor’s degree jointly awarded by both colleges. Students complete the requirements for a degree from The College, including at least 90 credits in Arts and Sciences coursework and an Arts and Sciences major. Students also satisfy requirements for a major in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, chosen from the professional fields of advertising; broadcast journalism; graphic arts; magazine journalism; newspaper journalism; photography; public relations; or television, radio, and film.

Students who wish to enroll in this program should request dual enrollment at the time of admission to the University, or they may consult the School of Public Communications about an intra-University transfer to the dual program during the first or sophomore year.

Other Special Options

Arts and Sciences / Music
This special options degree program provides the opportunity to combine any degree in the College of Arts and Sciences with advanced studies in music performance or music composition–studies that will be taken primarily in the Setnor School of Music. To be admitted to the special options degree program, students in the College of Arts and Sciences apply through the Department of Fine Arts before the beginning of the sophomore year. Prospective students for the music performance and music composition degree options must meet admissions requirements administered by the Setnor School of Music.

The degree awarded after completing undergraduate studies is a B. A. in the arts and sciences major with the supplementary designation, “with advanced studies in music performance/composition” (depending on the particular degree option). The degree is singly awarded by The College of Arts and Sciences. Completion of the major does not result in any professional or artistic certification by the Setnor School of Music or the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Professional Option in Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Optometry, or Podiatry
The College of Arts and Sciences permits students who have been accepted to an accredited school of law, medicine, dentistry, optometry, or podiatry upon completion of three years of undergraduate work to take the senior year in the professional school to which they have been admitted.

Students who wish to exercise the professional option must give formal written notice of this intention to the Student Records Office in The College of Arts and Sciences as soon as they have been admitted to a professional school.