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Faculty Regulations Concerning Undergraduate Degrees

The BA Degree:

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In order to graduate with the BA degree, students must accumulate a total of 90 credits. Since each semester-long course is worth 3 credits, this means students must pass the equivalent of 30 courses distributed in the ways indicated below.

MAJORS

All students must, upon entering the Faculty, `declare a major' in one of the following subjects:

French
History
Linguistics
Literatures in English
Philosophy
Psychology
Spanish

This means that students must do at least 12 courses in the subject chosen (e.g. Linguistics) for a total of 36 credits. Courses must be chosen according to the requirements specified by each discipline (see the various REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS).

 

DOUBLE MAJORS

Students may choose to do a `double major' within the Faculty, that is, 12 courses (36 credits) in each of two of the subjects listed earlier (e.g. 12 courses in Linguistics and 12 courses in Spanish). Students wishing to do a double major involving a major from outside the Faculty must seek special approval from the Dean of each Faculty involved.

 

SPECIALS

Students may seek to do a `special' in a subject (so far specials are offered only in History and Literatures in English); this consists of 54 credits (or 18 semester courses) and requires permission from the Head of the Department. This evidently reduces the number of courses outside the discipline which a student may opt to do.

 

MINORS

Minors are available in a variety of disciplines. Those students wishing to pursue a minor in any discipline must consult the appropriate programme coordinator concerning the appropriate combination of courses to qualify for a minor.

 

FOUNDATION COURSES

All students entering the Faculty of Humanities and Education are required to do 4 Foundation Courses (12 credits) during their undergraduate career, including FOUN1210 and FOUN1301 and two of the following language foundation courses: FOUN1001, FOUN1003 or FOUN1002 (see Foundation Courses and their Course Descriptions for more information).

 

ADDITIONAL FACULTY REQUIREMENTS

In addition to Foundation courses, all students in the Faculty of Humanities and Education are required during their undergraduate career to complete the following:

• A beginners' or basic course in a foreign language at Level I (if they do not already possess at least CXC Grade III (or equivalent) in a foreign language) (3 credits);
• Two courses in Humanities and Education outside their Major at Level I (one of which may be a language) (6 credits);
• HUMN3099 (RP300): Caribbean Studies or approved substitutes at Level III (6 credits).
  

Other Courses

Students may acquire the other credits required to attain the total of 90 credits by doing:

• extra courses in the subject of their major
• courses in other subjects in the Faculty of Humanities and Education
• up to ten courses in other faculties
• any permissible combination of the above.

1. CATEGORIES OF COURSES AND PREREQUISITES

(a) Each course is classified either as a Foundation course or as a Faculty course. All UWI students must take a minimum number of Foundation courses as part of their degree programme. Faculty courses are courses in various disciplines administered by the Departments.

(b) Each course is designated as appropriate to Level I, II or III, or as appropriate to more than one level.

(c) Beginners'/Basic courses are offered in foreign languages.

(d) Semester-long courses have a weighting of three (3) credits. Year-long courses, including the Level III course HUMN3099(RP300): Caribbean Studies, have a weighting of six (6) credits.

(e) Some Level II and Level III courses have prerequisites. For details on these, please consult the section on course descriptions.

 

2. BASIC AND BEGINNERS COURSES IN LANGUAGES (6 credits max.)

(a) Basic and Beginners' courses may be offered in French, Spanish and any other foreign language that may be added from time to time.

(b) Students are not permitted to offer more than six beginners' credits towards the credits required for the degree.

(c) Qualifications: Basic and Beginners' courses are open to the following people:

• those who have no previous knowledge of the language concerned;
• those who have a limited knowledge of the language concerned, but no academic qualification;
• those with academic qualifications, but whose knowledge of the language is deemed by the Department concerned to be inadequate for admission to normal Level I courses.
  

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