Jason Cho's Academic Plan
For all of my friends and their complaints about the University of California, I have listed the requirements to graduate with my glorious A.B. from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell, which I've just revised.
1) Freshman Writing Seminars
2) Foreign language
3) Distribution Requirements
4) Major
5) Electives
6) Residence
7) Minimum number of courses
8) Credits
9) Physical education
10) Application to graduate.

1) Freshman writing seminars

 Completion of 2 freshman writing seminars: 
ENGL 100  POLITICAL RHETORIC (Semester 1)
PHIL 100  CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS (Semester 2)
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2) Foreign language

 Up to four courses to obtain proficiency in one language or up to six to obtain qualification in two: 
CLASS 205  INTERMEDIATE LATIN (Semester 1)
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3) Distribution requirements

 Nine courses of three or more credits each. Four from Physical and Biological Sciences (Group 1) and Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (Group 2), at least two of which are from Group 1 and at least one of which is from Group 2. Five courses from Social Sciences and History (Group 3) and Humanities and the Arts (Group 4), with at least two in each group and two in the same department. No single course may satisfy more than one distribution requirement in categories 1 through 4, and no freshman writing seminar may satisfy any of the distribution requirements. Also, one courses on an area or people other than those of the United States, Canada, or Europe, and one course in a historical pewriod before the twentieth century. 
Group 1
BSOC 232  RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS (Semester 2)
CHEM 207  GENERAL CHEMISTRY (Semester 1)
CHEM 208  GENERAL CHEMISTRY (Semester 2)

Group 2
MATH 112  CALCULUS II

Group 3
GOVT 111  INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (Semester 2)
HIST 282  HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (Semester 4)

Group 4
CLASS 205  INTERMEDIATE LATIN (Semester 1)
PHIL 245  ETHICS AND HEALTH CARE (Semester 3)
PHIL 342  LAW, SOCIETY, AND MORALITY (Semester 4)

Geographic Breadth
HIST 190  INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (Semester 6)

Historical Breadth
CLASS 205  INTERMEDIATE LATIN (Semester 1)
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4) Major

 For history: any 2 history courses for entry into the major, and 40 credits of course work in the department of history including 16 credits of history outside the United States and 12 credits of history before 1800 and a 400-level seminar (these need not be exclusive). 
Entry (provisional)
HIST 282  SCIENCE IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (Semester 4)

Geographic Breadth (Total: 16 credits)
HIST 190  INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (Semester 6)
HIST 284  THE AGE OF REFORM IN WEST EUROPE (Semester 7)
HIST 363  EUROPEAN CULTURAL HISTORY (Semester 8)
HIST 352  THE PAST AS PRELUDE? JAPAN IN ASIA, GERMANY IN EUROPE (Semester 7)

Historical Breadth (Total: 12 credits)
HIST 190  INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (Semester 6)
HIST 284  THE AGE OF REFORM IN WEST EUROPE (Semester 7)
HIST 325  AGE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1763-1815 (Semester 8)

General (Total: 48 credits)
HIST 304  AMERICAN CULTURE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1880-1980 (Semester 5)
HIST 316  AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM MADISON TO MALCOLM X (Semester 6)
HIST 337  ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND ORGANIZATION IN THE AGE OF THE CORPORATION: CAPITALISM AND SOCIETY IN MODERN AMERICA (Semester 6)
HIST 335  AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM (Semester 5)
HIST 345  INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICANS (Semester 7)
HIST 442  RELIGION AND POLITICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: FROM J. WINTHROP TO R. REED (Semester 7)
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5) Electives

 Four or five courses (at least 15 credits) in courses not used to fulfill other requirements and not in the major field. 
BIOES 278 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (Semester 4)
CHEM 357  INTODUCTORY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Semester 3)
ECON 101  INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS (Semester 2)
PHIL 231  INTRO TO FORMAL LOGIC (Semester 5)
SOC 301   EVALUATING STATISTICAL EVIDENCE  (Semester 5)
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6) Residence

 Eight full-time semesters. Return to the top of this page

7) Minimum number of courses

 Thirty-four courses required, thirty-eight courses completed Return to the top of this page

8) Credits

 One hundred twenty passing credits required, 145 credits passed. Return to the top of this page

9) Physical education

 Completion of the university requirement (two courses). Return to the top of this page

10) Application to graduate.

 Application to graduate to be filed in the fall of senior year. Return to the top of this page
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Updated 22 July 1996 by Jason J Cho jjc7@cornell.edu 1