Breadth Requirements
Students complete two courses in each of 6 intellectual areas to ensure a well rounded education.
Degree Requirements
Completion of the requirements described here lead to the bachelor of arts degree from Weinberg College.
Learn how requirements work together to create a well-rounded education.
The set of requirements ensure students acquire important skills and gain a breadth of knowledge spanning multiple disciplines while also getting depth of understanding through intensive study within one area (a major). Some courses may overlap and count for multiple requirements.
Major Courses
Depending on what major you choose, about one third to one half of your courses for your degree will be in your major.
Additional Required Courses
Additional requirements ensure students demonstrate competencies in general skills such as writing and languages.
Courses of Your Choice
You can use these courses to explore your interests, pursue a minor, or prepare yourself for a future career.
Review Specific Degree Requirements
Degree requirements shifted in Spring 2023. Yours depend on when you started at Weinberg College.
- Requirements for students who started at Weinberg prior to Spring 2023 (including Distribution Requirement Courses)
- Requirements for students who started at Weinberg after Spring 2023 (Including Foundational Discipline Courses)
Number of Courses and Quarters
Some courses might count for more than one of the requirements described in this section of the site. See guidance on double counting courses.- FAQs for students who started at Weinberg after Spring 2023
- FAQs for students who started at Weinberg prior to Spring 2023
Policies also require a certain number of quarters and credits that must be earned at Northwestern and Weinberg College.