Graduation Requirements
All students must complete thirty-three and a half semester course units (33.5), including all requirements specified for their chosen major(s), and a curriculum of general education requirements specific to their year of matriculation. Also required are a 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) overall and in the major and any minor(s), based on St. Lawrence University courses only. These requirements are ordinarily earned in four academic years. The normal course load is four units per semester except for an additional half unit as required by the First-Year Program during the two semesters of the first year. Though the normal semester course load is four units, students will need to accumulate an additional .5 units of credit at some point in their career to reach the requires 33.5 units. It is students' responsibility to ensure they satisfy this requirement.
All students must declare a major by the end of February of the sophomore year. In addition to the major, students must successfully complete a curriculum of general education requirements, the First-Year Program requirement, and the writing proficiency requirement, whose descriptions follow.
General Education Requirements
First-Year Program and First-Year Seminars