Additional All-University Requirements

  • First-Year Seminar (3 credits): FYS 101 (excluding students entering with 20 or more credits).
  • University Forum Series: CLFS 050: Participation is required for all full-time students registered for 12 credits or more.
  • Upper-Division Rhetoric requirement: Required of all candidates for a bachelor’s degree.
  • Senior Seminar or Project: Requirement for each major field.
  • A minimum of 124 credits with a GPA of 2.0.
  • A 2.0 minimum GPA in each major and in each minor unless otherwise stated in the departmental major and minor requirements listed in the Program Descriptions and Courses section of this catalog.
  • At least 60 credits taken at a four-year college or university.
  • Thirty of the last 36 credits taken at Rockford University (see “Residency Requirements”).
  • At least 30 credits of study at 300-level and above.
  • At least 15 credits taken at Rockford University in each major and at least eight credits taken at Rockford University in each minor.
  • No more than 15 percent of credits taken in internships (18.5 credits out of 124 total).
  • No more than 30 credits of extension and/or correspondence credit, with no more than six credits of correspondence courses.

Please see the section on each major for specific course and degree requirements.