Bachelor’s Degree Requirements:
- Minimum 121 Credit Hours
- Writing Intensive Course
- Minimum Cumulative G.P.A.: 2.00
- 30 Credit Hours of Residency Courses
- 9 Credits of Upper-Level Major Residency Courses
- Minimum G.P.A. in the Major: 2.00
General Education Requirements (40 Credit Hours):
Written and Oral Communications
Writing intensive course
Choose one of the following:
Oral communications course
Choose one of the following:
Quantitative and Computer Literacy
Three credit math course
Three credit computer science course
Social Science (3)
Three credit Social Science course
Choose one from any of the following:
- ANT 1xx any 100-level Anthropology course
- ECO 1xx any 100-level Economics course
- ECO 201 - Macroeconomics 3 CR
- ECO 202 - Microeconomics 3 CR
- JUS 1xx any 100-level Justice Studies course
- POS 1xx any 100-level Political Science course
- PSY 1xx any 100-level Psychology course
- SOC 1xx any 100-level Sociology course
- SSC 1xx any 100-level Social Science course
Natural Sciences
Four credit lab science course
- Choose any 4-credit 100-level laboratory science course
Humanities and Fine Arts
Three credit humanities course
Choose from any of the following courses:
Three credit fine arts course
Choose from any of the following courses:
Informational Literacy
Choose one of the following:
Critical Thinking
Choose one of the following:
Cultural Diversity
Choose any of the following:
- AME XXX any American Studies Course
- ANT 121 - Native American Cultures I
- ANT 122 - Native American Cultures II
- ANT 308 - Introduction to Wabanaki Studies
- COL 123 - Learning & the College Community
- DRA 309 - Cinema in the French-Speaking World: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change
- EDU 200W - Diversity, Poverty, and Cultural Competence
- EDU 420 - Teaching, Learning, and Organizing for Equity, Social Justice, and Change
- ENG 311W - Queer Literature
- ENG 331W - African American Literature
- ENG 335W - Native American Literature
- ENG 340 - Francophone Literature
- ENG 350W - Women Writers
- ENG 375 - Contemporary Latin American Literature
- ENG 450W - Poetry: Cross-Cultural Form and Theme
- ENG 458W - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature and Culture
- ENG 470W - Literature of the Holocaust
- ENG 475W - Postcolonial Fictions
- HGH 301 - Holocaust: From Prejudice to Genocide
- HGH 325 - The History of Human Rights X-listed with HTY 325
- HGH 345 - Abolition Feminism: Gender Violence and the Carceral State
- HGH 367 - Genocide in Our Time
- HTY 307 - History of the Witch
- HTY 321 - US Immigration History
- HTY 330W - Rebels, Renegades, Revolutionaries-Women in US History
- HTY 335 - Disability History and the Modern Disability Justice Movement
- HTY 340 - Queer History in the United States
- HTY 341 - History of African-American Slavery and Emancipation
- HTY 368 - Islam in the 21st Century X-listed with REL 368
- HTY 375 - The History of Food, Cooking, & Flavors
- HUS 134 - Cultural Competence in the Helping Professions
- INT 430 - Embodied Social Justice: Theory & Methods X-listed with AME 430 and WGS 430
- JUS 315 - Tribal Law
- MUH 105 - Black Lives in American Music
- MUH 190 - Women, Music, and Culture
- MUH 302 - Queer Musicians. Heard, Seen and Unseen
- MUH 334 - Jazz History
- PSY 385 - Stereotyping and Prejudice
- REL 110 - Religions of the World
- REL 205 - Religion and American Culture
- SSC 110 - Introduction to Human Sexuality
- SSC 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
- SSC 314 - Gender Images in the Media
- SSC 330 - Science, Technology, and Social Inequalities
- SOC 302 - Social Movements
- SOC 315 - Sociology of Deviance
- SOC 353 - Sociology of Gender
- SOC 370 - Sociology of Culture
- WGS XXX any Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality course
Ethical Reasoning
Choose any of the following:
Interdisciplinary Coursework (63 Credit Hours):
The interdisciplinary concentration allows students to combine courses to create a program that meets their personal, educational, and professional goals. Students are encouraged to consult with their faculty advisor each semester to select the best courses to fit their goals.
- Upper-level credit hours (33)
- Lower-level credit hours (30)
Students may include courses from across UMA’s disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs, including courses transferred from other universities. Students already naturally make connections between and among the courses that they take. The required INT 208 course helps students to work with these connections throughout their Interdisciplinary Studies coursework.
There are three ways that students can approach this Interdisciplinary Coursework area:
- Students may combine any variety of upper and lower level courses. Here the field is open to explore, discover, and bring everything together in a culminating experience of the capstone, internship, or project. This option accommodates a large number of transfer credits.
- Students may combine up to three UMA minors to create specializations within their Interdisciplinary Coursework. Minors are designed by UMA’s programs and departments to meet students’ needs and interests. There are a variety of minors to choose from. This option provides structure.
- Students who would like a unique interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary program organized around themes and crafted toward a specific set of goals may choose the option for a self-designed minor of 18-24 credit hours. This option provides structure and freedom.
Students may also enroll in one of UMA’s certificates (usually around 30 credits) which can be completed in tandem with their INT BA degree.
General Education:
It is the intention of the University of Maine at Augusta that every degree graduate will be prepared to function in our society as an effective and informed citizen. To this end, the faculty has designed a set of minimum expectations that students are expected to satisfy. The aspirations are defined by core skills, competencies, and abilities as well as knowledge based learning experiences that are the grounds for the General Education Requirements.
Advising Notes:
Students are encouraged to contact their faculty advisor and the Advising Center for academic advising and support services throughout their stay at UMA.
- Capstone may be taken as an independent study or students may take a capstone course from a related program.
Clep Information
Transfer Information
- Credit is accepted in transfer only from those institutions accredited by one of the six regional associations of schools and colleges.
Upper-Level Courses
- A minimum of 45 upper-level credit hours (300-400 level) are required to complete the degree.
- Upper-level courses in which a grade of “D” was received may be used to meet program requirements, but are not applicable to the minimum upper-level credit hour requirement.
