The senior year must be completed in full-time residence at Lafayette. Full-time is defined to be a minimum of three courses per semester.
Students are responsible for determining that they have satisfied all requirements for graduation.
To participate in the commencement ceremony, students must have completed all degree requirements. First-Year Seminar, taken in the fall semester of the first year, is designed to introduce students to intellectual inquiry through engaging them as thinkers, speakers, and writers. A Mathematics Unit , requiring one mathematics course, Philosophy 103, or Computer Science 102. The B.S. curricula in Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, and the four engineering programs have been established by the faculty and represent the departmental as well as the professional expectations of these disciplines. At least 32 course credits are required for the A.B. degree.