Earning A Degree

Summary of Degree Requirements
Residence Requirements: UI and CLAS
Majors and Degrees Offered
Declaring a Major: Policies and Procedures
Earning Two or More Majors

Advising Designation: Open
Selective or Limited Admission Majors or Programs
Advising Designation: Interest
Advising Designation: Pre
Additional information on Advising Designations

Certificates and Minors
Minor in Business Administration
Minors in Education
General Guidelines for Certificates and Minors

Returning to UI to Earn Additional Majors
Earning Multiple Undergraduate Degrees
Accelerated Professional Track Program (MBA)
Baccalaureate Degree with Early Admission to Medicine or Dentistry

Summary of Degree Requirements

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awards Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS), and Bachelor of Music (BM) degrees.

A degree may be earned with one or more majors; minors and certificates may also be added to a degree.

Requirements for earning a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences include the completion of a major (the BLS degree is awarded with no major designation); completion of the General Education Program; satisfaction of the UI and CLAS residence requirements (below); completion of a minimum of 120 s.h.; and meeting the College academic standards, as noted in the next paragraph.

Candidates for the BA, BS, BFA, and BM degrees must earn a minimum grade point average of C (2.00) in all four of these GPA calculations:

1. All college work attempted
2. All work undertaken at The University of Iowa
3. All work attempted in the major
4. All University of Iowa work in the major.

(For more information and for the academic standards as as related to the BLS, see Grading.)

To earn a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, all students must complete at least one major by the time 72 semester hours have been earned.

Students may also choose to include additional majors, minors, or certificates in their degree, but these are not required and without careful planning may delay a four-year graduation.

Specific requirements for majors, minors, and certificates are listed in the General Catalog.

Students should confer often with an advisor in planning a course of study. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of requirements and to seek frequent advice, especially since requirements may change.

To be considered for graduation, students must file an application for the degree with the Office of the Registrar before the deadline. The University does not confer a degree without first receiving this application. Undergraduate students may file the degree application on the ISIS Student Records page for the current or the next session's graduation. Applications also may be submitted at the Registrar Service Center, 17 Calvin Hall or at Graduation Analysis, 1 Jessup Hall.

Note: The Graduate Council determines the requirements for graduate degrees; these are published in the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College.

Residence Requirements: UI and CLAS

To earn a BA, BFA, BM, or BS degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, students must satisfy the University of Iowa residence requirement and the CLAS residence requirement.

The UI Residence Requirement
Credit hours earned in all courses offered by The University of Iowa are considered UI residence hours, whether the courses are offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, or by another college in The University of Iowa, or through the Division of Continuing Education.

Credit hours earned from colleges and universities other than The University of Iowa are considered non-resident credit.

Credit by examination may be resident or non-resident credit. Credit by examination earned while a student is enrolled in a college of The University of Iowa is considered UI residence credit. Credit by examination earned while a student is enrolled in a college or university other than The University of Iowa, and brought to Iowa as part of a transfer transcript, is considered non-resident credit.

To earn a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, students must complete one of the following UI residence options:

• Earn the final 30 semester hours of the degree in residence credit after admission to The University of Iowa, or
• Earn 45 of the final 60 semester hours of the degree in residence credit after admission to The University of Iowa, or
• Earn an overall total of 90 semester hours in residence credit applied to the degree.
  
  

The CLAS Residence Requirement
To earn a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, students must satisfy the CLAS residence requirement by earning a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit from courses offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

All CLAS students in any major offered by CLAS must complete the 30 semester hour CLAS residence requirement. Students in the Interdepartmental Studies major, although possibly taking courses for the major outside of the College, must also fulfill this requirement.

Note: Courses offered by the Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Economics, Elementary Education, and Science Education are not offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences but by the Colleges of Medicine, Business, and Education. Courses offered by these departments do not generally count for the CLAS residence requirement. If a student, however, earns a major from one of these departments, the credit hours of the courses in the department of that major will be counted toward the CLAS residence requirement. This exception is permitted since CLAS confers the undergraduate degrees from these departments. No other majors qualify for this exception. Questions may be directed to 120 Schaeffer Hall, 335-2633.

Majors and Degrees Offered by the CLAS

Actuarial science--BS
African American studies--BA
American studies--BA
Ancient civilization--BA
Anthropology--BA, BS
Applied physics--BS
Art--BA, BFA
Art history--BA
Asian languages and literature--BA
Astronomy--BA, BS
Athletic Training--BS
Biology--BA, BS
Chemistry--BA, BS
Cinema--BA
Classical languages--BA
Communication studies--BA
Comparative literature--BA
Computer science--BA, BS
Dance--BA, BFA
English--BA
Environmental sciences--BS
French--BA
Geography--BA, BS
Geoscience--BA, BS
German--BA
Health and sport studies--BA
History--BA
Informatics--BA, BS
Integrative Physiology--BS
Interdepartmental studies--BA
International studies--BA
Italian--BA
Journalism and mass communication--BA, BS
Leisure studies--BS
Linguistics--BA
Mathematics--BA, BS
Music--BA, BM
Performing arts entrepreneurship--BA
Philosophy--BA
Physics--BA, BS
Political science--BA, BS
Portuguese--BA
Psychology--BA, BS
Religious studies--BA
Russian--BA
Social work--BA
Sociology--BA, BS
Spanish--BA
Speech and hearing science--BA
Statistics--BS
Theatre arts--BA
Women's studies--BA

Majors Offered in Cooperation with Other Colleges

Students in these majors earn their degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, but faculty members in other UI colleges oversee the programs and provide the major of the courses required.
Biochemistry--BA, BS
Economics--BA, BS
Elementary education--BA, BS
Microbiology--BS
Science education--BS

Declaring a Major: Policies and Procedures

All students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may declare or change majors at CLAS Academic Programs & Services, 120 Schaeffer Hall. Normal office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (The office occasionally closes over the lunch hour.) CLAS students advised by the Academic Advising Center may also declare or change a major at C210 Pomerantz Center; call (319) 353-5700 to make an appointment. Please note that some majors are selective and have limited enrollment.

A student must declare a major or be admitted to a selective or limited access major or program by the time 72 semester hours have been earned. If a major has not been declared or if the student has not been accepted into a limited access major by the time 72 semester hours have been earned, the student will not be permitted to register for additional course work until a major has been declared. (For exceptions, please see Additional Information on Advising Designations below.)

Occasionally, the requirements for a major or other academic program change during the course of a student's enrollment at The University of Iowa. Students are never held to requirements adopted after they have declared or enrolled in a major, minor, or certificate program. Graduation Analysis constructs the student's degree audit based on the requirements in place when the student declared the academic program. If a program is changed, a student may choose to complete the new requirements but is not obligated to do so as long as they meet the final deadline for completing any such program.

The Catalog is an important resource for advising and contains the official requirements for all majors, minors, and certificates. The analysis of student records to verify the completion of graduation requirements is based solely on the information in the General Catalog. If a major or academic program is revised, the new requirements will appear in the next edition of the Catalog. A student's degree evaluation will continue to show the previous requirements of the major or academic program unless the student requests otherwise at the Office of Graduation Analysis, 1 Jessup Hall.

Earning Two or More Majors

Students may earn a single bachelor's degree with two or more majors if they meet the requirements for each major. For example, a student may earn a BA with a double major in history and English. Similarly, a student could earn a BS with a double major in psychology and sociology. (Students wishing to earn two different degrees such as a BS and a BA should read the Handbook section, Earning Multiple Degrees.)

When a single department offers more than one major (such as the Department of Physics and Astronomy, which offers majors in Applied Physics, Astronomy, and Physics), a student may earn more than one major from a single department.

Advising Designation: Open

Until a student has declared a major, he or she will be advised under the "open" designation. This is used to facilitate discussions between advisor and student about potential majors and should not be confused with an actual major. All students must have a major by the time 72 semester hours have been earned. (For exceptions, please see the two notes under Additional Information on Advising Designations, below).

Selective or Limited Admission Majors or Programs

Please note that students admitted to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are not guaranteed admission to all programs or majors in the College nor are they guaranteed admission to other colleges at The University of Iowa or to those programs or majors.

Students are encouraged to meet frequently with an advisor in order to understand the prerequisites and the admission process for a selective or limited access major. In order to facilitate graduation in four years, the student and advisor should create a plan of study and discuss alternate majors or programs of study.

Specific requirements for all majors and programs may be found in the General Catalog.

The following are selective or limited admission programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:

Actuarial Science
Athletic Training
Communication Studies
Dance
Health Promotion (within Health and Sport Studies)
Integrative Physiology
Journalism and Mass Communication
Sport Studies (within Health and Sport Studies) (Effective Fall 2007)
Therapeutic Recreation (within Leisure Studies)
Music
Social Work

The following are selective or limited admission programs in other colleges at The University of Iowa:

Business
Clinical Laboratory Science
Elementary and Secondary Education
Nuclear Medicine Technology
Nursing
Pharmacy
Radiation Sciences

Please note that students wishing to declare a major or earn an undergraduate degree in another college at the University (such as the Tippie College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, or the College of Pharmacy ) must be admitted to that college and to the major or program. Likewise, students who wish to earn a BA or BS in elementary education or to add a secondary education teaching license to their liberal arts and sciences degree must be admitted to the teacher education program (TEP) in the College of Education.

Interested students should visit with an advisor in the appropriate college or with an advisor at the Academic Advising Center (353-5700) as soon as possible.

Advising Designation: Interest

Students interested in one of the above College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selective or limited admission majors or programs may request to be designated as having an “interest” in such a program before actually being admitted to it.

In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the "interest" designation alerts academic advisors to the student's interests and thus facilitates a conversation about the major's requirements. Choosing to use the word "interest" as an advising designation does not imply acceptance into a selective or limited access major but merely indicates the student's interest in that major.

Students should remember that admission to these majors or programs require an additional application (or audition) with possible additional requirements for admission. Advice from an advisor and timely application to the major or program of choice is essential since these programs are by nature competitive.

Specific requirements for each program may be found in the General Catalog. For more information, contact an advisor as soon as possible.

Advising Designation: Pre

Similarly, in order to facilitate an advising discussion, the following professional programs outside of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences use the word "pre" as an advising designation (such as pre-business, pre-law, and pre-med). This indicates to the advisor that the student has an interest in exploring a particular course of study. It does not imply or suggest acceptance into the particular program.

The “pre” designation also allows advising to continue at the Academic Advising Center throughout the student's undergraduate studies as needed.

Business
Dentistry
Law
Medicine
Physical Therapy
and other professional programs such as Chiropractic, Mortuary Science, Optometry, Podiatry, and Veterinary Medicine.

Specific requirements for each program may be found in the General Catalog. Students are urged to talk with an academic advisor.

Additional Information on Advising Designations

Note 1 : Most "pre" and "interest" designations can no longer be used after a student has earned 72 semester hours; however, some "pre" designations (relating to post- baccalaureate degrees or professional programs such as pre-law and pre-medicine) will remain in use to allow the student to be advised in this area at the Academic Advising Center

Note 2: Students must declare or be accepted into an actual major before earning 72 semester hours. Limited exceptions are allowed to this 72 hour rule. For example, some transfer students entering the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with 72 or more semester hours, some students re-entering after dismissal, and some students re-entering after more than a year since their last enrollment, will be permitted to register as "open" majors or with an "interest" (or “pre” business) designation, and to keep these designations for additional semesters, if necessary. These students will be notified at the time of admission or reinstatement.

Certificates and Minors

Certificates
Certificates are an optional addition to a degree. All certificates are interdisciplinary and draw on courses offered by at least three different departments or programs and often from other colleges.

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may add a certificate (or certificates) to their plan of study.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers eight interdisciplinary certificates: Aging Studies; American Indian and Native Studies; American Sign language and Deaf Studies; Global Health Studies; Latin American Studies; Medieval Studies; Philosophies and Ethics of Politics, Law, and Economics (PEOPLE); and Sexuality Studies.

A certificate in International Business is administered jointly by the Henry B. Tippie College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also may earn certificates offered by other colleges. For example, students may earn a certificate in Entrepreneurship (offered by Tippie College of Business); in Risk Management and Insurance (Tippie College of Business); in Public Health (College of Public Health); in Museum Studies (University College), and in Nonprofit Management (University College).

The College also offers a post baccalaureate certificate in Classics for students who have already finished a baccalaureate degree but would like further training in Latin and Greek

For the requirements for each certificate, visit the General Catalog. (Please scroll down for certificates.)

Students may declare their intention to complete a certificate in the Academic Programs and Services Office (120 Schaeffer Hall). The office will also direct students to an appropriate advisor.

Minors
Minors are another optional addition to a degree. A minor may relate directly to a major or may reflect interest in an area entirely different and separate from the major(s). Minors require fewer hours and have fewer requirements than majors or certificates. Some minors are interdisciplinary, drawing on courses from a number of different departments and programs; others are offered by a single department or program. When a single department offers more than one minor, a student may earn more than one minor from that department.

A degree, however, may not include a major and a minor in the same area (for example, a student cannot earn a BS in Psychology and a minor in Psychology). A degree may not include two minors in the same area, or a minor and a certificate in the same area, or a major and a certificate in the same area.

All students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may declare or change minors on the student records page of their ISIS account. Students may also declare or change minors at CLAS Academic Programs & Services, 120 Schaeffer Hall. CLAS students advised by professional or faculty advisors may also ask for their help in declaring a minor.

Please note the following points about declaring a minor:

• Minors are listed in the Student Records dropdown list; a student may select the minor wanted.
• Declaring minors triggers a degree audit for the minor which will be available within ISIS the following business day ( Monday through Friday).
• A student's minor is viewed by selecting Degree Evaluation from the Student Records dropdown list.
• Not all minors which may be declared through ISIS are valid with every major (see above).
• Minors which are valid can become invalid as majors are declared or changed; for example, a minor in English will no longer be valid if English is later declared as a major.
• There is no penalty for declaring or retaining a minor which is invalid, but invalid minors reduce the number of valid minors that can be declared on ISIS.
• Once all requirements for a minor are completed, it will become part of the official record (i.e. appear on the transcript). A degree application must also be filed on ISIS, triggering the final degree analysis. Students must indicate that they have completed a minor or minors on their degree application in order for it to be officially evaluated and included in the official record. This application may be made on ISIS.

If the requirements for the minor(s) have been completed, a notation is placed on the permanent record that the minor(s) has been earned. Students should check the degree evaluation with an advisor or with the department or program offering the minor to make sure that all requirements are completed.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers the following minors: African American Studies, Aging Studies, American Sign Language, American Studies, American Indian and Native Studies, Ancient Civilization, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Cinema, Classical Languages, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Dance, Economics, English, Environmental Sciences, French, Geography, Geoscience, German, Global Health Studies, Greek, Health and Sport Studies, Hindi, History, Informatics, Integrative Physiology (formerly Exercise Science), International Studies, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Latin American Studies, Leisure Studies, Linguistics, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Microbiology, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Portuguese, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian, Sanskrit, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Statistics, Theatre Arts, and Women's Studies.

For the requirements for each minor, visit the General Catalog. (Please scroll down for minors.) Visit with an advisor in the appropriate department or program to discuss all requirements.

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also may earn minors offered by the College of Education and the Tippie College of Business, below.

Minor in Business Administration

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may earn a minor in business administration, administered by the Tippie College of Business.

Minors in Education

Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may earn a minor in educational psychology from the College of Education and a human relations minor from the Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development in the College of Education.

Additional Guidelines for CLAS Certificates and Minors
Each CLAS department or program determines the specific requirements for the minor or certificate within the CLAS general guidelines below:

1. All students earning a BA, BFA, BM, or BS degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may earn a minor or minors and/or a certificate or certificates as part of their degree. Candidates for the BLS degree are not eligible to earn minors, but they may earn certificates.
2. A degree may not include a major and a minor in the same area (for example, a student cannot earn a BS in Psychology and a minor in Psychology). A degree may not include two minors in the same area, or a minor and a certificate in the same area, or a major and a certificate in the same area.
3. Students may use the same courses to complete majors, minors, and certificates, and to complete the General Education Program. In completing the requirements specified for each program, courses may be "counted" multiple times. However, departments and programs may limit "multiple counting" allowed toward satisfaction of their requirements for their own majors, minors, and certificates. Students should check with an advisor and with the department/program offering the minor before planning a course of study.
4. A grade-point average of at least 2.00 must be earned in all work attempted as part of the minor or certificate. No course taken pass/nonpass may be used as part of a minor or certificate. Courses graded S/F may be used at the discretion of the offering department or program.
5. Each academic unit offering a minor or certificate determines the specific requirements for the minor or certificate. Information about specific requirements for each minor and certificate is available from the department or program offering the minor, and in the General Catalog. The department or program also determines whether transfer course work or credit earned by examination may be used to earn the minor or certificate.
6. Students are never held to requirements adopted after they have declared or enrolled in a minor or certificate program. Graduation Analysis constructs the student's degree audit based on the requirements in place when the student declared the academic program. If a program is changed, a student may choose to complete the new requirements but is not obligated to do so as long as the final deadline for completing any such program is met.
7. Students who have already earned a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may return to complete or earn a minor or undergraduate certificate if they are not enrolled in a graduate or professional program (contact the Office of Admissions).
8. Holders of baccalaureate degrees from other institutions, who are not enrolled in a graduate or professional program, and who wish to complete an undergraduate certificate program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will enroll as post-baccalaureate students.
9. Undergraduate students in the Henry B. Tippie College of Business and in the Colleges of Engineering, Medicine, and Nursing may earn liberal arts and sciences minors or certificates by satisfying the requirements for those minors or certificates.

Returning to UI to Earn Additional Majors

Students who already have earned a BA or BS degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and who are not enrolled in a graduate or professional program may complete the requirements for another major that offers the same degree. These students must apply for admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, declare the appropriate major on the application, and register as seniors (A4).

Students who have returned to the College to complete another major must meet only the requirements of that major; they do not need to meet the residence requirement or the General Education requirements, since those were completed with the first degree.

Students also may return to the College to complete the requirements for a second major developed from a previously earned minor.

It is the student's responsibility to apply to graduation analysis in the Office of the Registrar upon completion of the requirements for an additional major so that the completion of that major may be placed on the permanent record.

Students who would like to earn a new major in a field that offers a degree different from that which was first earned may return for a second degree (see Earning Multiple Undergraduate Degrees).

Students who hold a bachelor's degree from another college or university may not complete a second major at The University of Iowa. Instead, they may apply to earn a second degree (see Earning Multiple Undergraduate Degrees).

Earning Multiple Undergraduate Degrees

A student may earn more than one degree, such as a BA and a BS Two degrees may be earned from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, or one degree from CLAS and a second degree from another of the University's colleges. The complete procedures and policies for earning more than one degree may be found below

Multiple Degrees from CLAS
A student may earn more than one baccalaureate degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For example, a student may earn a BS in biology and a BA in English or a BA in mathematics and a BM in music. The degrees may be earned concurrently or successively.

A student, however, is never awarded two different baccalaureate degrees with the same major; for example, a student may not earn both a BA and a BS in psychology. Likewise, the BLS is not awarded concurrently with another degree.

In order to earn additional baccalaureate degrees from CLAS, the student must fulfill all requirements for each degree, including those for all majors and for the General Education Program. The student must also fulfill the CLAS and UI residence requirements.

Please Note: As of December 2006, University of Iowa students are no longer required to earn 30 extra semester hours in order to be awarded two undergraduate degrees.

Multiple Degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and another UI College
A student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may earn an additional University of Iowa baccalaureate degree from another UI college concurrently. A student, for example, may earn a BS from CLAS while earning a BBA from the Tippie College of Business. A student earning baccalaureate degrees from two colleges is generally referred to as participating in the "combined degree program."

In order to earn additional baccalaureate degrees from different colleges, the student must be admitted to those colleges. All requirements for the additional degrees must be satisfied, including the requirements for the majors and for the appropriate General Education Programs of both colleges. Students also must satisfy the residence requirements of The University of Iowa and of the colleges.

Additional information is available in the cooperating colleges' student services offices. Students seeking additional degrees from different UI undergraduate colleges are urged to review all requirements with college advisors or staff as soon as possible.

Please Note: As of December 2006, University of Iowa students are no longer required to earn 30 extra semester hours in order to be awarded undergraduate degrees from different colleges.

Returning to CLAS for Successive Baccalaureate Degrees
A student who has been awarded a baccalaureate degree (or degrees) from The University of Iowa may return for an additional baccalaureate degree (or degrees) if the degree is different from the one previously earned. For example, a student who has received a BA degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may return and earn a BS, BM, or BFA. (A student may not earn a second BA degree. Instead, that student may return and complete a second major. For more information on earning a second major, please see Returning to Earn Additional Majors.)

A student with a baccalaureate degree from another UI college also may return and earn an additional baccalaureate degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as long as the degrees are not identical. If a BBA, a BSN or a BSE has been earned, for example, the student may return to earn a BA, BS, or a BFA from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Likewise, a student may not earn two different baccalaureate degrees with the same major, such as a BA in psychology and BS in psychology. Instead, the student must choose another major for the additional baccalaureate degree.

In order to earn the additional baccalaureate degree, all requirements for the degree must be completed, including the General Education and the CLAS and UI residence requirements. Please Note: BA, BS, BFA, BM, or BLS degrees awarded by The University of Iowa after August 1994 satisfy all requirements of the current General Education Program. A student who graduated with these degrees before August 1994 has satisfied all areas of the General Education Program except for the current foreign language component which must be completed.

A student interested in returning to earn an additional baccalaureate degree from CLAS must apply for admission to The University of Iowa and to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Please note: A student may not be enrolled in a graduate or professional program while earning a baccalaureate degree. Concurrent enrollment is not allowed.

Multiple Baccalaureate Degrees from Different Institutions
A student with a baccalaureate degree (or degrees) from another college or university may apply for admission to The University of Iowa to earn an additional baccalaureate degree (or degrees) from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The student must apply for admission to The University of Iowa and to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; the department in which the student wishes to study will review the student's application and supporting documents and recommend an admission decision.

In order to earn the additional baccalaureate degree, all requirements for the major and the degree must be fulfilled, including the General Education and the CLAS and UI residence requirements. Please note: A student having earned a BA or BS degree in the liberal arts and sciences from another institution is considered to have completed all UI General Education Program requirements except for the foreign language requirement. If a student has not earned such a degree, all General Education requirements are evaluated separately for course equivalency.

Please note: A student may not be enrolled in a graduate or professional program while earning a baccalaureate degree. Concurrent enrollment is not allowed.

Accelerated Professional Track Program (MBA)

Highly qualified undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (or in the College of Engineering or the Tippie College of Business) interested in earning a Master of Business Administration may be admitted to the Accelerated Professional Track (APT) program within the Tippie College of Business.

These students begin taking MBA core courses as electives in their undergraduate program. APT students also complete an internship while in the program.

To enter the APT program, a student must complete 90 s.h. of undergraduate study, have a GPA of at least 3.50, have clearly defined career goals, and indicate an intent to pursue both degree programs on a full-time basis. A students also must have a professional background similar to that of students enrolled in the MBA program.

More information is available from the Tippie School of Management.

Baccalaureate Degree with Early Admission to Medicine or Dentistry

A student earning a baccalaureate degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may accept early admission to any accredited medical or dental college that offers early admission.

In order to earn a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences baccalaureate degree from The University of Iowa, the student must satisfy all General Education requirements, all requirements for the major, a minimum of 90 s.h. as an undergraduate student, and the CLAS and UI residence requirements before enrolling in the professional program.

The student must earn the final 30 s.h required for a CLAS baccalaureate degree during the first year of enrollment in medical or dental school. A maximum of 30 semester hours from medical or dental programs is be applied toward the CLAS baccalaureate degree as elective credit.

A student must file the degree application for the baccalaureate degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during the semester in which 30 s.h. will be earned from the medical or dental college.