Scholastic Requirements
All candidates for a degree in the College of Architecture and  Environmental Design must meet all requirements listed under the program of their major in this Catalog. In addition, students must meet the following scholastic qualifications:
1. A cumulative overall GPA of at least 2.00 (C) for all courses taken at Kent State University.
2. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.25 in the architecture major and 2.5 in the interior design major. Consult the degree requirements for the major
    as listed in this Catalog.
3. Successful completion of at least 39 upper-division hours of coursework. Upper-division courses are numbered 30000-49999.

Liberal Education Requirements
To receive a baccalaureate degree from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, students must, in addition to other requirements, satisfy the 36-hour minimum stipulated in the Liberal Education Requirements (LER) . Students may not use courses in the major to fulfill this requirement and must choose courses from the LER list; substitutions are not permitted. In some cases proficiency may be used to fulfill certain areas of the requirement. Students must meet any special requirements listed for each LER category. All College majors have specific requirements within these areas. Please check the requirements for your major as listed in this Catalog.

Changing Catalogs
(See also University General Requirements and Regulations)
To begin meeting the requirements of a newer catalog, students must register the change in the Office of Advising and Academic Services by completing the proper form. All requirements of the new catalog must be met. No substitutions or waivers will be made. Once students have moved to a more recent catalog, they may not return to the previous catalog.

Students are required to change catalogs after failing to complete minimum 12 semester hours in two calendar years and when returning to the university after dismissal. The catalog to be followed will be the one in force the semester the appropriate change goes into effect.

Pass/Fail Option
Courses used to meet the university’s Liberal Education Requirements (LER) are excluded from the pass/fail option. Courses taken within the major, minor or in completion of certificate programs are also excluded. Only free electives—courses not used to satisfy any specific requirement—may be taken on a pass/fail basis. See Pass/Fail Policy.

Graduation Procedures
The application for graduation must be submitted to the Office of Advising and Academic Services in 202-C Taylor Hall according to the deadlines published in this Catalog and in the Schedule of Classes. The deadline for application is generally two full semesters before graduation. Students who either change catalogs or change any major, minor, concentration, option or emphasis after their graduation audit has been completed are moved to the next graduation date.

Prerequisites
In areas where learning is sequential, courses often have required prerequisites. These prerequisites exist to protect students from attempting coursework for which they are not properly prepared. Students are not permitted to enroll in courses for which they have not met the prerequisites.

No-Credit Courses
Three of the courses that may be prescribed or recommended through placement testing, MATH 10021, US 10003 and 10006, do not generate credit toward graduation. Although these courses will count toward the courseload for financial aid and other purposes, hours taken in these courses will be subtracted from the students’ total before graduation.

Other prescribed courses, including ENG 11001, MATH 10023, and 10024 do count, but toward general elective hours only. None of the prescribed courses may be taken pass/fail.

Architecture majors may not use the following courses to satisfy either the liberal education requirement (LER) or architectural elective requirements: ARCH 10001 Understanding Architecture, ARCH 10011 Survey of Architectural History I and ARCH 10012 Survey of Architectural History II.

Residence
Kent State University residence requirements for an undergraduate degree may be met at the Kent Campus and/or Regional Campuses through the final 30 credit hours. Under unusual circumstances students may request a minor modification of this requirement by contacting the Associate Dean of the program prior to registration elsewhere.

Course Substitutions
Students who desire to substitute a course for one required in their program must secure written approval from the Office of Advising and Academic Services prior to enrolling in the substitute course.

Physical Education Basic (PEB)—ROTC
No more than 4 credit hours of PEB activities courses or the first 16 credit hours of ROTC courses may apply to required semester hours for graduation.

Veterans who have completed a minimum one year of active duty may receive PEB credit for military basic training according to branch of service, as follows: Army and Marine Corps, 3 credit hours; Navy and Coast Guard, 2 credit hours; Air Force, 1 credit hour.

LER Basic Sciences
Students in the professional programs (architecture and interior design) may not use the following combinations for credit toward fulfilling the basic sciences liberal education requirements:
• PHY 11660 and the CHEM 10050 series, the CHEM 10060 series and/or the PHY 13001 series,
• both the CHEM 10050 series and the CHEM 10060 series,
• both the PHY 13001 series and the PHY 23101 series.