1) All work attempted at The University of Montana-Missoula.
2) The combination of all work attempted at The University of Montana-Missoula and all other work, including failing grades, transferred to this University.
3) All work attempted in the major field at The University of Montana-Missoula.
4) The combination of all work attempted in the major field at The University of Montana-Missoula and all other work in the major field, including failing grades, transferred to this University.
Students will be awarded their certificates, associate of applied science, and bachelor degrees with high honors if they have the recommendations mentioned above and, at the time of graduation, have a 3.70 or higher grade average in the four areas listed. In the School of Law, the grade average for honors is computed on law credits only.
Students must complete a major in order to earn a degree or certificate.
Students may change their majors or minors by obtaining the proper approval on a change of major or minor form available from the Registration Center in the Lodge. Because of enrollment limitations, students must request a change to a program in the College of Technology by completing an application for admission and submitting it to the College. Students whose initial admission was to the College of Technology may change to a major outside the College by submitting an application for admission to Admissions & New Student Services in the Lodge.
Students may elect to earn a single degree with more than one major. Students may complete a double major (two majors) or any number of majors. All requirements for the majors must be completed even though students will receive a single degree such as a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Psychology and Sociology. It is only necessary to complete the total credit requirement for a single bachelor degree.
Courses completed to satisfy the requirements of a major also may be applied toward the General Education Requirement if they appear on the list of approved courses at the time they are taken.
Students in programs in the College of Technology complete requirements as listed in the College section of this catalog. See index.
Only courses listed within the supporting major count toward the 47-credit-limitation in the major. Courses in other fields do not count toward the maximum of 47 credits in the major even though they may be required or elected for the emphasis.
If one major has two or more emphases, a student may satisfy the requirements for more than one emphasis so long as the maximum credit limitations are observed.
A student will not be required to satisfy the requirements of a minor in order to graduate unless that minor is required by the student's major department or school.
Courses completed to satisfy the requirements of a minor also may be applied toward the General Education Requirement if they appear on the list of approved courses at the time they are taken.
Students possessing a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university may earn a minor if they have been accepted by the University as an undergraduate degree student. In addition to meeting minor requirements, students must earn from The University of Montana-Missoula a minimum of 9 credits in the minor field and 15 credits overall.