UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


University College or transferred to the University from another institution is included
in evaluating the student's record for this requirement. However, all transfer credit
in the major field must be approved by the major department and any such credit which
is not approved as a part of the major will not apply toward the total credit requirement
for the degree. No courses in the major field in which the grade earned is below C
will be counted toward fulfillment of the major requirement. (2) Such subsidiary
courses from subject-matter fields other than the major field as are essential.
The Group Major: Group majors are provided for those students who do not desire
the intensive concentration provided by a departmental major. The group major should
not be taken by students planning to do graduate work.
 A group major consists of a total of not less than fourteen and not more than
sixteen semester courses selected from a group of three related subject-matter fields,
with at least four and not more than six semester courses in each.* No courses in any
of these major fields in which the grade earned is below C will be counted toward the
fulfillment of this requirement.
Foreign Language Requirement: All candidates for degrees awarded by the College of
Arts and Sciences are required to have a reading knowledge of some foreign language.
This requirement may be satisfied by examination or by the successful completion of
six semester hours of work in one foreign language in courses numbered above 200.
 When a student elects a foreign language as a departmental major he is not re-
quired to present a reading knowledge in another foreign language. When a student
elects a foreign language as one of the components of a group major, he may also
satisfy the foreign language requirement by completing twelve semester hours of work
in the same language in courses numbered above 200.
 In preparing to meet the foreign language requirement, students are advised to
complete the necessary courses in the University College, where such courses may be
taken as electives.
Elective Requirement: The philosophy of the College of Arts and Sciences stresses the
importance of an informed acquaintance with the major areas of human knowledge
as well as a specialized preparation in one of these areas. In addition, therefore, to
prescribing a certain specialization, the College also requires that each student com-
plete at least twelve semester hours in courses unrelated to the area of his specialization
or the language in which he satisfies his foreign language requirement. For the in-
terpretation of this requirement, these major areas are regarded as: (1) the biological
sciences; (2) the humanities; (3) the physical sciences, including mathematics; and
(4) the social sciences. Students are advised to regard this requirement as a minimum
and to plan a broad program in the College as a liberal background for their special-
ization.

 *In the field of Music the group major is not designated in terms of number of courses but requires
 twenty four semester hours.