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All of the degree programs in The Citadel’s undergraduate day program have two basic curricular components—the major curriculum and the General Education curriculum.
Students enrolled in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets have additional curricular requirements including classes in Leadership, Physical Education, and ROTC.
The Major Curriculum
The curriculum of each major consists of carefully selected required courses. These required classes are generally offered in the home department of the major, but a major may also have specific non-departmental class requirements. So, for example, a student majoring in Physics takes not only required Physics classes but several required Mathematics classes, as well.
The curriculum of each degree program may also contain elective classes. Electives fall into two basic categories, approved or general.
- Approved electives are chosen by students from a list of courses determined by the individual degree program. Approved electives fulfill major requirements and may be either departmental or non-departmental.
- General elective classes fulfill degree requirements, but they do not otherwise count for major or General Education requirements. General elective hours may be applied towards academic minors.
Academic Minors
A minor is defined as a course of study that enables a student to make an inquiry into a single discipline or to investigate a particular topic across the boundaries of two or more disciplines. In either case, the minor is not simply a specified number of credit hours, but a well-defined program.
A minor should complement the student’s major and not simply expand it with more courses in the same field. For this reason, students may not ordinarily pursue both a major and minor in the same discipline. However, in the case where a discrete topical minor is administered by the student’s major department, an exception may be in order.
A minor consists of an ordered series of courses totaling at least 15 credit hours, at least 12 of which must be other than General Education courses and courses specified for major or other minor requirements and at least 6 of which must be at the 300-400 level. At least 9 hours of the minor must be organized in a logical sequence of required courses that provides general direction for the student’s study. At least 9 hours in the minor must be completed at The Citadel or in a Citadel Study Abroad Program.
The student must earn a grade-point average of at least 2.000 on all coursework completed in the minor. Requirements for the minor must be completed concurrently with requirements for the student’s major. A student who meets all requirements for an approved minor will have both the major and minor indicated on the transcript. Requirements for each minor are presented in the appropriate academic school or department section of this catalog.
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