Graduation Requirement Summary

Minimum 33 academic units (including at least one intensive learning experience) and two one-quarter unit Health and Human Performance activities (or the equivalent) for a total of 33½ units or the equivalent.

·       At least 30 of the 33 academic units used to meet degree requirements must be taken for a letter grade.

·       A minimum of 17 of the academic units (excluding physical education) must be earned at Roanoke College toward the degree. If a student is granted competency for one physical education activity, the one-half unit of physical education required for graduation is reduced to one-quarter unit.

Cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in all courses (excluding courses offered and passed on a “pass/fail” basis). 

Meet the requirements for a major. At least half of the units required for the major must be completed at Roanoke College.

Cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses used to meet the requirements of the major. When multiple courses could be used to meet a requirement, the course with the highest grade will be used. In any major, pre-requisite courses which are not themselves required for the major are not included in the major cumulative grade point average.

(Grade point requirements for the Honors Program are described under “Honors Program”.)

Meet the requirements for the Intellectual Inquiry Curriculum or the Honors Program Curriculum.

Checklist: https://www.roanoke.edu/inside/checksheets

See info on INQ page   https://www.roanoke.edu/inside/intellectual_inquiry/inqhnrs_student_planning_progress_information

Up to three substitutions are allowed for 200-level INQ classes as described below.  However, students applying substitutions still must take at least one INQ course in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, one in the Social Sciences, and one in the Humanities and Fine Arts. 

·       A one-unit course in MATH or STAT may substitute for INQ 240.

·       A one-unit course in MATH, STAT or CPSC may substitute for INQ 241.

·       A one-unit course in the natural sciences that includes at least 3 hrs./week of laboratory from BIOL, CHEM, ENSC, or PHYS may substitute for INQ 250.

·       A one-unit course in the natural sciences with or without laboratory time from BIOL, CHEM, ENSC or PHYS may substitute for INQ 251.

·       A one-unit course in ANTH, COMM, CJUS, ECON, GEOG, I.R., POLI, PSYC, PHST, SOCI, or EDUC 300, or ENST 105, may substitute for INQ 260.

·       A one-unit course in ART, ARTH, ENGL, 300- or 400-level Foreign Languages literature or culture courses (NOT FREN 301-303, 330, 341; GRMN 301, 335; SPAN 303, 304, 330, 335, 341, 402, 403), HIST, MUSC, PHIL, RELG, THEA, or ENST 103 may substitute for INQ 270 or 271. Courses substituting for 270 must primarily cover material that dates from before 1500; courses substituting for 271 must primarily cover material that dates from after 1500.

 Students seeking their first bachelor’s degree are subject to the degree requirements and the academic regulations governing classification and scholarship as described in the Catalog current at the time of their first enrollment at Roanoke, provided that they qualify for a degree within 10 calendar years of the date of first enrollment. For transfer students, the period will be dated from the earliest enrollment at an accredited institution from which transfer credit is recorded.