The liberal disciplines do not include artistic performance or physical activity courses. And the disciplines do not include practical and general information courses such as personal health, career planning, human relations, public speaking, writing, elementary mathematics, and computer fundamentals. A bachelor's degree requires one academic year of general education. Two-year degrees require less. Degrees with arts or science titles have more liberal arts requirements than do professional degrees, in which much of the general education may be non-liberal.
All degrees require some English composition.
A bachelor's degree requires study in a major field for one academic year. Thus, the major must include 30 semester hours or more, with 20 hours in the upper division and 15 of upper-division hours taught by the resident faculty. A dual major simply doubles these numbers. An interdisciplinary major is permitted in the liberal arts only. A school may offer a major or an interdisciplinary option in any field in which it has more than one fully qualified teacher if at least one teaches full time.