Degree Requirements
Graduation from Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters requires accumulating at least 122 degree-countable credit hours, which must include completion of all:
- University requirements
- College of Arts and Letters requirements (see below)
- Requirements for at least one major
Pre-Fall 2018 Arts and Letters Requirements:
- The College Seminar: 1 course
- Language: 1–3 course(s) (more details)
- History or Social Science: 1 course
- Literature or Fine Arts: 1 course (whichever is not taken for the University requirement). Arts and Letters students are required to complete both a fine arts and a literature course
- Major: 8-12 departmentally approved courses
For a full description of all Arts and Letters degree requirements, please see the Bulletin of Information. For the double-count rules, please see the College's credit policies.
Unless special permission has been obtained from the Office for Undergraduate Studies, special studies and directed readings courses do not satisfy University or College requirements.
Starting Fall 2018 Arts and Letters Requirements:
- The College Seminar: 1 course
- Language: 1–4 course(s) (more details)
- Literature: 1 course
- Fine Arts: 1 course
- History: 1 course
- Social Science: 1 course
- Major: 8 or more departmentally approved courses
For a full description of all Arts and Letters degree requirements, please see the Bulletin of Information. For the multi-count rules, please see the College's credit policies.
Unless special permission has been obtained from the Office for Undergraduate Studies, special studies and directed readings courses do not satisfy University or College requirements.