BACHELOR OF ARTS

The Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) is a minimum 124-semester hour degree. A minimum
of 42 semester hours must be upper-division credit (courses numbered 3000 and above). Major and minor fields of study included in the degree also have upper-division requirements. As these may vary depending on the discipline selected, specific requirements are included in the subject field sections of the catalog. Because of the nature of the degree, it includes additional study in the fine arts and in foreign language. These additional requirements are included in the general education core. Components of the B.A. degree include:

General Education Core Course Requirements	Hours
@ENGL 1301, @1302, 2303, and three hours from 2301 or 2302	12
ART 1301 or 2301 or studio course; MUSI 1303, MUSI 3304, or MUSI 3305; or THEA 1303	6
HIST 1303 and 1304, or 2301** and 2302**	6
MATH 1304 or higher	3
#EXSS 1112 and two activity courses (one fitness, one recreation)	3
***RLGN 1301, 1302	6
****SCIENCE - one biological science and one physical science course	8
POLS 2301	3
ECON 2307; GEOG 1301, GEOG 1302; PHIL 1301; PSYC 1301, EDUC 2307**; or SOCI 1301	3
SPCH 1301, 1303, 2302**, or 2303	3
Foreign Language 2301, 2302	6
*COSC 2311	3
ORIE 0001 or UNIV 1100	0-1
GRAD 0001 or GRAD 4101	0-1
TOTAL	62-64

*Student may opt to test out of COSC 2311, see course description. EDUC 2310 required for
teacher certification.
**Required for teacher certification.
***Wayland Baptist University will not accept RLGN 1301, Old Testament History, or RLGN
1302, New Testament History, or their equivalents, from any institution except other Baptist
universities. In no case will either of these two courses be accepted if they were taken by correspondence. The Division of Religion & Philosophy must approve any exception to this policy.
****For the BA with Interdisciplinary Studies major, BIOL 1403 and one from CHEM 1403 or
PSCI 1405 are required.
#A maximum of three hours credit in activity may count toward the 124 hours required for a
degree. Students who have served two or more years in the Armed Forces are exempt.
@Must be taken within first year of enrollment.

Academic Major and Minor
The B.A. degree is designed primarily for students desiring to study in the arts, the humanities, or the social sciences. Major fields of study approved for the B.A. degree include art, biology, business administration, chemistry, English, justice administration, language arts, language arts/social studies, history, mass communications, mathematics, music, physical education, physical science, political science, psychology, religion, religious education, social studies, sociology, Spanish, speech, and theatre. In the majority of instances, the major requires the completion of 30 semester hours. Specific semester-hour as well as course requirements are included in that section of the catalog dedicated to the discipline selected.

Students pursuing the B.A. degree must elect a minor from any discipline identified by the
University as an approved minor field. The typical minor consists of 18 semester hours.
Specific semester hours as well as course requirements for the minor are included in that section of the catalog dedicated to the discipline selected. A complete list of minors is included in the "Academic Program Profile" on pages 98-99.

Electives
The student may complete the minimum 124 semester hours required for the degree with courses which complement or extend career preparation or to pursue subject fields which hold special appeal. However, before using elective semester hours, students should check with their advisors to ensure that the hours are indeed elective and that upper-division
semester hour requirements for graduation are being met.