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Franklin College Degree Requirements

Franklin College of Arts & Sciences College-Wide Degree Requirements

In addition to completing the University of Georgia Core Curriculum and University-wide degree requirements, recipients of degrees from the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences are expected to satisfy each of the following requirements.

Any courses used to fulfill major requirements, general electives, or the Core Curriculum may simultaneously satisfy Franklin College requirements.

Majors in BFA Art, BFA Art/Art Education, BFA Dance, BFA Interdisciplinary Studies, BSCHEM Chemistry, BMUS Music Education & BMUS Music Therapy need to complete only the Multicultural requirement. (BMUS Music Composition, BMUS Music Performance, and BMUS Music Theory majors must complete all Franklin College requirements).

Degree Requirement Number of Courses Required Approved Courses (all courses must be at least 3 hours and taught at the undergraduate level (1000-5999))
Foreign Languages Through the third semester

All students must demonstrate competency in a foreign language equivalent to completion of the third semester of study.

American Sign Language (CMSD4830) may be used to satisfy this requirement.

Some majors require competency above this minimum.
Literature One course

Any 2000-level English (ENGL) course, any Greek (GREK) course at the 3000-5999 level or any Latin (LATN) course at the 3000-5999 level. Additionally, AFST3150, AFST3151, AFST4245, ANTH4245, CLAS1000, CLAS1000H, CLAS1010, CLAS1010H, CLAS1020, CLAS1020H, CMLT2111, CMLT2210, CMLT2212, CMLT2220, CMLT2250H, CMLT2260H, CMLT2270H CMLT2280H, CMLT2400, CMLT2410H, CMLT2500, CMLT2600, CMLT3000, CMLT3100, CMLT3110, CMLT3140, CMLT3150, CMLT3151, CMLT3160, CMLT3170, CMLT3180, CMLT3190, CMLT3200, CMLT3210, CMLT3220, CMLT3240, CMLT3241, CMLT3250, CMLT 4050, CMLT4070, CMLT4080, CMLT4090, CMLT4100, CMLT4110, CMLT4120, CMLT4150, CMLT4200*, CMLT4210*, CMLT4220*, CMLT4230*, CMLT4245, CMLT4250, CMLT4300, CMLT4350, CMLT4400, CMLT4510, CMLT4600, CMLT4610, CMLT4620, CMLT4875, CMLT4880, CMLT4890, CMLT4895, FREN3030, FREN3030H, FREN4050, FREN4060, FREN4070, FREN4080, FREN4120, GRMN3120, GRMN3410, GRMN3420, GRMN3600H, GRMN3610, GRMN3620H, GRMN3625, GRMN3630, GRMN3710, GRMN3810, GRMN3830, GRMN3840, GRMN4020, GRMN4310, GRMN4410, GRMN4610H, GRMN4710, ITAL2500, ITAL4030, ITAL4050, ITAL4060, ITAL4070, ITAL4120, LING2100*, LING2100H*, PORT4080, PTSP 2550, RELI4001*, RELI4080*, ROML2550, ROML3000 RUSS4050, RUSS4060, RUSS4070, RUSS4080, RUSS4090, RUSS4250, RUSS4260, RUSS4270, RUSS4280, SPAN2550, SPAN3030, SPAN3030H, SPAN3040, SPAN4040, SPAN4050, SPAN4060, SPAN4070, SPAN4080 or SPAN4120 may be used towards the completion of this requirement.
Fine Arts/ Philosophy/ Religion Two courses

Any courses taught from Art History (ARHI), Religion (RELI), ARTS or Philosophy (PHIL) - excluding PHIL2500, PHIL4510 and PHIL4530. Additionally, ARGD3070, ARID3210, ARID3220, ARST3750, ARST3760, ARST3770, ARST4205, ARST4910, ARTI3550, CLAS4400, CMLT4200*, CMLT4210*, CMLT4220*, CMLT4230*, DANC2010, DANC4500, DANC4510, DRAM4490, FILM2120, FILM2121H, FILM2130,FILM4250, FILM4260, FILM4270, FILM4600, FILM4650, FILM4660, FILM4670, THEA4800, ENGL4640, GRMN2300, GRMN2400, GRMN2410, GRMN3300, GRMN3820, HIST4750, ITAL4040, LING2100*, LING2100H*, MUSI1100, MUSI1120, MUSI2020, MUSI2030, MUSI2040, MUSI2050, MUSI2060, MUSI2080, MUSI2200H, MUSI2960, MUSI3020, MUSI3021, MUSI3210, MUSI3220, MUSI3550, MUSI4120, MUSI4200, MUSI4210, MUSI4220, MUSI4230, MUSI4240, MUSI4250, MUSI4260, MUSI4270, MUSI4291, MUSI4310, MUSI4440, MUSI4783, RUSS2050, RUSS3300, SLAV2100, SPAN4081, SPAN4082, THEA2000, THEA2100H, THEA2110, THEA2131H, THEA4200, THEA4210, THEA4280, THEA4300, THEA4400, THEA4460, THEA4470 and THEA4480 may be used towards the completion of this requirement.
History One course Any History (HIST) course.
Social Sciences other than History Two courses from two different departments Any courses taught from Anthropology (ANTH), Economics (ECON), Political Science (POLS), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOCI). Additionally, AFAM2000, CLAS2000, GEOG1101, GEOG1103, GEOG1125*, GEOG2010H, GEOG2100, GEOG2130H, GEOG2250H* GEOG2610, GEOG2800, GEOG3620, GEOG3630, GEOG3640, GEOG3990, GEOG4610, GEOG4620, GEOG4630, GEOG4640, GEOG4650, GEOG4660, GEOG4670, GEOG4720, GEOG4730, GEOG4740, GEOG4680, GEOG4710, GEOG4750, GEOG4810, WMST1110, WMST1110H, WMST2010 or WMST2010H may be used towards the completion of this requirement.
Biological Sciences One course

BIOL1103, BIOL1104, BIOL1107-1107L, BIOL1108-1108L, BIOL2107H, MARS1020, ECOL1000-1000L, MARS1025H, HONS(BIOL/CHEM/GEOL/PHYS)2080H, PBIO(BIOL)1210 and PBIO(BIOL)1220 may be used towards the completion of this requirement.

Students who matriculated prior to the beginning of Fall 2010 may follow this link to view the old course listing.
Physical Sciences One course Any course taught from Astronomy (ASTR), Chemistry (CHEM), Geology (GEOL) and Physics (PHYS). Additionally, GEOG1111, GEOG1112, GEOG1113, GEOG1125*, GEOG2110H, GEOG2120H, GEOG2250H*, GEOG3010, GEOG3110, GEOG3210, GEOG3510, GEOG4020, GEOG4030, GEOG4040, GEOG4060, GEOG4120, GEOG4160, GEOG4220, GEOG4240, MARS1010-1010L or MARS1011 may be used towards the completion of this requirement.
Multicultural requirement One course View the list of courses which satisfy the Multicultural requirement.

* Except for Multicultural selections, no course may be used to satisfy more than one Franklin College Requirement.