Graduation Requirements

The basic requirements for graduation from L&C are as follows:

1. Satisfactory completion (see #3 below) of a minimum of 128 semester credits, of which 68 must be outside of the major.
2. Academic residency, defined as 60 semester credits taken at Lewis & Clark College, including at least 28 of the final 32 semester credits.
3. A cumulative grade-point average in all classes of 2.000 or higher, and of 2.000 or higher in all majors and minors.
4. Satisfactory completion of the General Education requirements:
• CORE: Exploration and Discovery OR Core Requirements for Transfer Students
• International Studies
• Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning
• Creative Arts
• Foreign Languages
• Physical Education/Athletics
5. Satisfactory completion of a major program approved by the chair of the department or by the chair of the Honors and Student-Designed Majors Committee.

The student is responsible for fulfilling the graduation requirements listed in the College Catalog of the year that she/he entered. For example, if you started as a first-year or transfer student at Lewis & Clark in the fall of 2005, you would be responsible for the graduate requirements listed in the 2005-2006 Catalog. The requirements listed above are from the 2007-2008 Catalog and, therefore, apply to students who matriculate in 2007.

Click on the links below to go directly to the Catalog for the year that you entered.

2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004

Degree Application Deadlines