Fall Semester Orientation 2023

1. Completing Your Degree in the
College of Arts and Science

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Degree Program Overview
124 total hours required for graduation, including:
(124 hours ÷ 8 semesters = 15.5 hours / semester)

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Degree Program Overview
124 total hours required for graduation, including:
(124 hours ÷ 8 semesters = 15.5 hours / semester)
● The Miami Plan

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@MiamiOHcas
Degree Program Overview
124 total hours required for graduation, including:
(124 hours ÷ 8 semesters = 15.5 hours / semester)
● The Miami Plan
● The College Requirement

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@MiamiOHcas
Degree Program Overview
124 total hours required for graduation, including:
(124 hours ÷ 8 semesters = 15.5 hours / semester)
● The Miami Plan
● The College Requirement
● Major requirements and major-related hours

6. MiamiOH.edu/CAS @CASMiamiOH
@MiamiOHcas
Degree Program Overview
124 total hours required for graduation, including:
(124 hours ÷ 8 semesters = 15.5 hours / semester)
● The Miami Plan
● The College Requirement
● Major requirements and major-related hours
● Elective course hours

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CAS Advanced Hours
The College Requirement Overview

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CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
The College Requirement Overview

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CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
The College Requirement Overview

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CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
CAS-C: Social Science
The College Requirement Overview

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CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
CAS-C: Social Science
CAS-D: Natural Science
The College Requirement Overview

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CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
CAS-C: Social Science
CAS-D: Natural Science
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
The College Requirement Overview

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@MiamiOHcas
CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
CAS-C: Social Science
CAS-D: Natural Science
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
The College Requirement Overview

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@MiamiOHcas
CAS Advanced Hours
CAS-A: Foreign Language
CAS-B: Humanities
CAS-C: Social Science
CAS-D: Natural Science
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
CAS-W: Writing Competence
The College Requirement Overview

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Bachelor of Science degree students will
only complete CAS Advanced Hours and
CAS-A: Foreign Language.
The College Requirement Overview

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Bachelor of Science degree students will
only complete CAS Advanced Hours and
CAS-A: Foreign Language.
Bachelor of Arts degree students must
complete ALL parts of the College
Requirement.
The College Requirement Overview

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The College Requirement is also known as the College of
Arts and Science requirement or the CAS requirement.
The College Requirement Overview

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The College Requirement is also known as the College of
Arts and Science requirement or the CAS requirement.
It is distinct from the Miami Plan.
The College Requirement Overview

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement is also known as the College of
Arts and Science requirement or the CAS requirement.
It is distinct from the Miami Plan.
Courses used in the Miami Plan can be used again in
the CAS requirement.
The College Requirement Overview

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For most requirements there is no list of
approved courses; instead, students focus on
subject areas.
The College Requirement Overview

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@MiamiOHcas
For most requirements there is no list of
approved courses; instead, students focus on
subject areas.
Credits earned through AP, IB, or transfer credit
from College Credit Plus/dual enrollment options
can apply to these requirements.
The College Requirement Overview

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The College Requirement
CAS Advanced Hours
All students in the College of Arts and Science
are required to complete 56 hours at or above
the 200-level.

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The College Requirement
CAS Advanced Hours
All students in the College of Arts and Science
are required to complete 56 hours at or above
the 200-level.
● Courses can come from any department in
any division.

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement
CAS Advanced Hours
All students in the College of Arts and Science
are required to complete 56 hours at or above
the 200-level.
● Courses can come from any department in
any division.
● Courses can apply toward other
requirements.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
All students earning a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Science must
complete a foreign language course at the 202-level or higher, not in translation.

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
All students earning a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Science must
complete a foreign language course at the 202-level or higher, not in translation.
● It could take up to four semesters to reach the 202-level, so do not wait too
long to begin your course work in this area.

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
All students earning a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Science must
complete a foreign language course at the 202-level or higher, not in translation.
● It could take up to four semesters to reach the 202-level, so do not wait too
long to begin your course work in this area.
We offer 12 languages: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement guides and exams will help you know where to start in your foreign
language studies.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement guides and exams will help you know where to start in your foreign
language studies.
● Online placement exams are available for: German, French, Latin, Russian,
and Spanish.
● Online placement guides are available for: Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, and Portuguese.
● Video-based assessment is available for: American Sign Language.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement exams do not award credit!

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement exams do not award credit!
You are not required to study the language you
studied in high school.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement exams do not award credit!
You are not required to study the language you
studied in high school.
Once you start a language sequence, courses
in the sequence cannot be skipped.

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The College Requirement
CAS-A: Foreign Language
Placement exams do not award credit!
You are not required to study the language you
studied in high school.
Once you start a language sequence, courses
in the sequence cannot be skipped.
Questions about foreign
language placement? See the
FAQs provided in Module 5.

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The College Requirement
CAS-B: Humanities
9 hours total

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The College Requirement
CAS-B: Humanities
9 hours total
● At least 6 hours from two different areas in the
College:
History, Literature, Religion, Philosophy

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The College Requirement
CAS-B: Humanities
9 hours total
● At least 6 hours from two different areas in the
College:
History, Literature, Religion, Philosophy
● Remaining 3 hours can come from any of the areas
above or from a list of courses approved as general
humanities hours.

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The College Requirement
CAS-C: Social Science
9 hours total

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The College Requirement
CAS-C: Social Science
9 hours total
● At least 6 hours from two different areas in the College:
Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology/Social
Justice/Gerontology

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The College Requirement
CAS-C: Social Science
9 hours total
● At least 6 hours from two different areas in the College:
Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology/Social
Justice/Gerontology
● Remaining 3 hours can come from any of the areas
above or from a list of courses approved as general
social science hours.

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The College Requirement
CAS-D: Natural Science
10 hours total

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The College Requirement
CAS-D: Natural Science
10 hours total
● At least 3 hours of biological science offered
by the College: Biology or Microbiology

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The College Requirement
CAS-D: Natural Science
10 hours total
● At least 3 hours of biological science offered
by the College: Biology or Microbiology
● At least 3 hours of physical science offered by
the College: Chemistry, Geology, or Physics

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The College Requirement
CAS-D: Natural Science
10 hours total
● At least 3 hours of biological science offered
by the College: Biology or Microbiology
● At least 3 hours of physical science offered by
the College: Chemistry, Geology, or Physics
● 1 laboratory course offered by the College

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The College Requirement
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
3 hours

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The College Requirement
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
3 hours
● Courses include: Calculus, Quantitative
Reasoning, Finite Mathematical Models,
Math for Science Applications, Statistics,
Formal Logic, and Linguistics.

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The College Requirement
CAS-E: Formal Reasoning
3 hours
● Courses include: Calculus, Quantitative
Reasoning, Finite Mathematical Models,
Math for Science Applications, Statistics,
Formal Logic, and Linguistics.
● Unlike the Miami Plan Perspectives Area 1,
this requirement does not include topics
related to technology.

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The College Requirement
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
3 hours

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The College Requirement
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
3 hours
● Popular examples include: The Dynamic Earth,
American Political System, Intro to Psychological
Statistics, Chemistry in Modern Society.

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
3 hours
● Popular examples include: The Dynamic Earth,
American Political System, Intro to Psychological
Statistics, Chemistry in Modern Society.
● CAS-QL may overlap with some Miami Plan, CAS, or
major requirements.

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@MiamiOHcas
The College Requirement
CAS-QL: Quantitative Literacy
3 hours
● Popular examples include: The Dynamic Earth,
American Political System, Intro to Psychological
Statistics, Chemistry in Modern Society.
● CAS-QL may overlap with some Miami Plan, CAS, or
major requirements.
● CAS-QL cannot overlap with Miami Plan Perspectives
Area 1 or CAS-E (Mathematics/Formal Reasoning).

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The College Requirement
CAS-W: Writing Competence
3 hours (minimum)

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The College Requirement
CAS-W: Writing Competence
3 hours (minimum)
● The CAS-W requirement is embedded within your
major requirements.

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The College Requirement
CAS-W: Writing Competence
3 hours (minimum)
● The CAS-W requirement is embedded within your
major requirements.
● It may be a single course or a sequence of courses,
depending on the major.

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The College Requirement
The information in the section
below is intended to expand upon
what was presented in these slides.
For a more thorough understanding
of the College Requirement, please
continue reading.