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Students must complete 120 credits to earn their bachelor’s degree. A typical course load is 15 credits each semester through senior year. Requirements are split among the University core, the Carroll School core, selected concentration(s), and any remaining electives.
To be considered full-time, students must be registered for courses totaling at least 12 credits per semester. At least 9 of the credits must be in courses of 3 credits or more. Ordinarily, students should average 15 credits per semester with a target of completing 30 credits per academic year.
Enrolling in fewer than 12 credits will impact housing, financial aid, and more.
The standard semester course load for undergraduates is five 3-credit courses and a maximum of 20 credits, including labs and other 1- or 2- credit courses. Students are eligible to overload if they have earned at least a 3.0 overall cumulative GPA or a 3.0 GPA in the semester immediately prior to the one for which the overload is sought, in which case they may register online for a sixth course of 3 credits or more and a maximum of 24 credits, including labs and other 1- and 2-credit courses, during the first seven class-days of the semester.
Students are not permitted to take a sixth course of 3 credits or more during their first semester at Boston College. Second-semester freshmen who wish to overload with a sixth course of 3 credits or more must obtain permission from their Academic Dean.
Students with an overall cumulative GPA between 2.0 and 3.0 may, under exceptional circumstances, be allowed by their Academic Dean to enroll in a sixth course.
Generally speaking, you will need to contact the department administrator to seek an override or get onto a waitlist. Learn more about how to get into Carroll School courses here.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may elect to designate a course as pass/fail before the deadline. The deadlines are November 1 for the fall and April 1 for the spring. Only electives can be taken pass/fail. Courses being used to fulfill major, minor, Core, or corequisites cannot be taken pass/fail.
Second-semester freshmen who have been approved by their Academic Dean for an overload of a sixth course of 3 credits or more may take that course on a pass/fail basis, in which case the course may not be used to fulfill a major, minor, Core requirement, or corequisites.
No more than one course of 3 or more credits may be taken pass/fail in any semester. No student may take more than six pass/fail courses of 3 or more credits for credit toward a degree.
Courses in the Carroll School of Management may not be taken on a pass/fail basis. Departments may designate some courses as not available in general for pass/fail enrollment.
Students may not take foreign language courses on a pass/fail basis until they have completed the University's language proficiency requirement. Any foreign language course being used to fulfill a major, minor, Core, or corequirement cannot be taken pass/fail.
A student enrolled in a course on a pass/fail basis who earns a grade of D- or higher will receive a grade of Pass for the course.
You can now complete this online form to declare a concentration: tinyurl.com/csomdeclare. It may take a few days to process.
Please visit the department website of the major or minor you would like to declare. You can find a list of the MCAS majors and minors and the LSEHD minors here.
You can see the list of concentrations and their requirements here. You can also find them on your audit after you have declared. Learn more about each concentration here.
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You can find the appointments for each academic and career advisor here.
If you took Advancement Placement courses in high school, you may be eligible to place out of certain requirements, depending on the AP exam score you received. However, you will not receive actual credit towards the 120 you need to graduate and will still need to take a minimum of 15 credits each semester. (Note: Students who have 30 or more AP credits may be eligible to graduate early through Advanced Standing. Learn more here.)
As of summer 2018, summer courses taken at Boston College count for academic credit and all grades earned are factored into students’ GPA as regular BC courses. Courses may satisfy Core or major/minor requirements as specified by the department, and will count toward the 120 credits required for the degree. A maximum of 4 courses (12–13 credits total) can be taken in the summer.
BC Summer Courses Abroad
BC summer courses taken abroad through the Office of International Programs (OIP) are factored into students' GPA as regular BC courses, and count for academic credit.
Summer Courses at Other Institutions
Summer courses taken at another university—local, national, international—, must be pre- approved from the Academic Dean using the Course Approval Form. Students will also need departmental approval if they want the summer course to fulfill a Core, language, major, or minor requirement. These summer courses may count for academic degree credit and grades will factor into the GPA if students have credit deficiencies. Students will receive enrichment credit if there is no prior credit deficiency. Enrichment credit means that the course may satisfy Core or major requirements with department permission, but will not count toward the 120 credits required for the degree. Courses, grades, and credits will be listed on the transcript but will not be calculated into the GPA. With the approval of the Academic Dean, students who incur deficiencies may use enrichment courses in previous summers to make up for deficiencies incurred subsequently.
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