Undergraduate work at Lewis & Clark leads to the bachelor of arts degree. The basic requirements for the degree are as follows:*

• Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 128 semester credits.
• Academic residency is defined as 60 semester credits taken at Lewis & Clark. Only 4 credits** of transfer coursework earned after the student reaches senior status (93 credits) may be applied to the degree. This limitation does not apply to coursework transferred from Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling or Law School, or for coursework completed as part of an approved dual-degree program.
• A cumulative grade point average of 2.000 or higher.
• Satisfactory completion of the General Education requirements.
• Satisfactory completion of a major program approved by the chair of the appropriate department or by the Subcommittee on Petitions, Appeals, and Student-Designed Majors. Students are required to complete at least 20 semester credits of coursework offered by the major department at Lewis & Clark.
• A cumulative grade point average of 2.000 or higher in all majors and minors.

*Graduation requirements in this catalog apply to students entering Lewis & Clark in fall 2023 or later. Other students are subject to the requirements in effect when they entered and should refer to the appropriate catalog.

**The registrar’s office may approve the transfer of up to 6 semester credits during the senior year under the following conditions:

• After reaching senior status, the student proposes to transfer a single course (and any required corequisite component) that exceeds the 4-credit maximum.
• After reaching senior status, the student proposes to transfer two courses from an institution that operates on the quarter system, the total of which exceeds the 4-credit maximum.