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College Policy on Second Undergraduate Degrees
The College Policy is:
An individual may pursue a second undergraduate degree in a new field to fulfill
a different academic objective. A student may not concurrently pursue two
undergraduate degrees at Oswego. An individual who seeks admission/readmission
to earn a second undergraduate degree must:
- meet with an academic advisor in the major to develop a program of study;
- submit that program of study to the appropriate academic associate
dean for approval before registering for coursework;
- complete and pass a minimum of 30 hours of coursework at Oswego after
admission/readmission;
- complete a minimum of one-half of the major and/or concentration
requirements at Oswego after admission/readmission.
The intended interpretation of the above policy is that despite however
many credit hours the student may have already taken towards the second
major while an undergraduate working toward his/her first degree, the student
will still be required to complete the minimum of one-half of the
credit hours required (cognates included) in whichever major the student is
now actively pursuing as a second degree. In addition, all second
degrees must be in a significantly different academic field and requires
Dean's approval prior to registration.
For example, assume the total number of hours required for the second degree major
is 36 hours and the student has previously earned 27 hours in the subject
area while an undergraduate pursuing his/her first degree. In order to fulfill
the "additional one-half" requirement stated above, the student would need to
take an additional 18 hours in order to satisfy this requirement and not just
9 hours to total 36 hours. Essentially, in order for this student to fulfill
the "one-half of the major" as stated in the policy, the student will actually
have had to exceed the minimum 36 hours total number required in the major.
Going one step further, the student could not simply take the 18 hours in the
major area, but would need an additional 12 hours to reach the minimum 30
credit hour requirement.
A student wishing to pursue a second undergraduate degree in a BFA or BS program
will need to exceed the minimum 30 additional credit hours as these degrees
typically require in excess of 60 total credit hours. A BS in chemistry, for example,
requires a minimum of 76 credit hours, so a student would need at least 38 credit hours
at Oswego to meet the 4th requirement in the policy listed above.
Upon acceptance, the student needs only to complete all of the second degree
major and cognate requirements and earn at least a 2.00 cumulative
index. There are no additional general education requirements.
An academic advisor and student should create a written document that
describes the program of study to meet the requirements listed above.
This should include:
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