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Baccalaureate Degrees

• B.A. = Bachelor of Arts
• B.A.E. = Bachelor of Architectural Engineering
• B.Arch. = Bachelor of Architecture
• B.Des. = Bachelor of Design
• B.ElEd. = Bachelor of Elementary Education
• B.F.A. = Bachelor of Fine Arts
• B.Hum. = Bachelor of Humanities
• B.L.A. = Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
• B.M.A. = Bachelor of Musical Arts
• B.Mus. = Bachelor of Music
• B.Ph. = Bachelor of Philosophy
• B.S. = Bachelor of Science
• B.SoSc. = Bachelor of Social Studies

Campuses, Undergraduate

• Abington campus (in Abington, PA)
• Altoona campus (in Altoona)
• Beaver campus (in Monaca)
• Berks campus (in Reading)
• Brandywine campus (in Media)
• DuBois campus (in DuBois)
• Erie campus (in Erie)
• Fayette (the Eberly) campus (in Uniontown)
• Greater Allegheny campus (in McKeesport)
• Harrisburg campus (in Middletown)
• Hazleton campus (in Hazleton)
• Lehigh Valley campus (in Center Valley)
• Mont Alto campus (in Mont Alto)
• New Kensington campus (in Upper Burrell)
• Schuylkill campus (in Schuylkill Haven)
• Shenango campus (in Sharon)
• Wilkes-Barre campus (in Lehman)
• Worthington Scranton campus (in Dunmore)
• University Park campus (in State College)
• York campus (in York)

Campuses, Special Mission

• Hershey campus (College of Medicine)
• Carlisle campus (Dickinson School of Law)
• Malvern campus (Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies)
• Williamsport campus (Pennsylvania College of Technology)
• The World Campus (offering courses and degrees at a distance)

Colleges, undergraduate (University Park)

• Agricultural Sciences
• Arts and Architecture
• Business (Smeal College)
• Communications
• Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Education
• Engineering
• Health and Human Development
• Information Sciences and Technology
• Liberal Arts
• Nursing (School of)
• Science (Eberly College)

Colleges, undergraduate (Commonwealth Campuses)

• Abington College
  Abington campus
• Altoona College
  Altoona campus
• Behrend College
  Erie campus
• Berks College
  Berks campus
• Capital College
  Harrisburg campus
• University College
  Beaver campus
  Brandywine campus
  DuBois campus
  Fayette (the Eberly) campus
  Greater Allegheny campus
  Hazleton campus
  Lehigh Valley campus
  Mont Alto campus
  New Kensington campus
  Schuylkill campus
  Shenango campus
  Wilkes-Barre campus
  Worthington Scranton campus
  York campus

Colleges, undergraduate (other)

• Graduate Professional Studies, Great Valley School of
• Honors College, Schreyer
• Law, Dickinson School of
• Medicine, College of
• Technology, Pennsylvania College of

Credits earned and semester classification

• 13.0 or less = 1
• 13.1 to 27 = 2
• 27.1 to 43 = 3
• 43.1 to 59 = 4
• 59.1 to 75 = 5
• 75.1 to 91 = 6
• 91.1 to 107 = 7
• 107.1 to 123 = 8
• 123.1 to 139 = 9
• 139.1 to 155 = 10
• 155.1 or more = 11

Drop action: Baccalaureate students
Unless a baccalaureate degree candidate has earned at least a 2.00 in the most recent semester, he/she is automatically dropped from the University for unsatisfactory scholarship if he/she has:

• 24-39.5 cumulative credits and 21 or more grade-point deficiencies
• 40-69.5 cumulative credits and 18 or more grade-point deficiencies
• 70-99.5 cumulative credits and 15 or more grade-point deficiencies
• 100 or more cumulative credits and 12 or more grade-point deficiencies

General Education: Baccalaureate degrees

• Writing and Speaking (GWS): 9 credits
• Quantification (GQ): 6 credits
• Natural Sciences (GN): 9 credits
• Arts (GA): 6 credits
• Humanities (GH): 6 credits
• Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS): 6 credits
• Health and Physical Activity (GHA): 3 credits

General Education: Related requirements

• International Cultures (3 credits)
• United States Cultures (3 credits)
• Writing Across the Curriculum (3 credits)

Letter grades and numeric grade-point equivalents

• A = 4.00
• A- = 3.67
• B+ = 3.33
• B = 3.00
• B- = 2.67
• C+ = 2.33
• C = 2.00
• D = 1.00
• F = 0.00

September 21, 2009

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