Degrees and Courses of Study
Vassar College offers a balanced course of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. To permit flexibility, it also offers an opportunity for a four-year program leading to a combined Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts or Science degree in a limited number of specified areas. It encourages students to pursue the degree through the development of a coherent program of study that recognizes, as much as possible, individual needs.
- Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
- Units
- Freshman Writing Seminar, Quantitative Course, and Foreign Language Requirements
- Residence
- Residence Requirement
- Attendance at Class
- The Vassar Curriculum
- Freshman Writing Seminar
- Quantitative Courses
- Foreign Language Proficiency
- College Course
- Concentration in a Department
- Independent Program
- Interdepartmental Programs
- Multidisciplinary Programs
- Double Major
- Correlate Sequence
- Part-Time Status
- Leaves of Absence
- Foreign Study
- Study Abroad
- Academic Year Programs
- Berlin Consortium for German Studies
- Vassar-Wellesley-Wesleyan Program in Bologna
- Vassar London Program in Media and Culture
- Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Paris
- Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Spain
- Vassar in St. Petersburg, Russia, at European University
- Clifden, Ireland: Internship in Irish Schools
- Vassar College Program at Cloud Forest School in Costa Rica
- International Exchange Programs
- Domestic Study, Off Campus
- Transfer Credit Policy
- Summer Work
- Academic Internships at Vassar College
- General Academic Regulations and Information
- Evaluation of Work
- Non-Recorded Option
- Ungraded Work
- Categories of Ungraded Work
- The Grade Average
- Written Work and Final Examinations
- Academic Honors
- The Advising System
- Withdrawal and Readmission
- Transfer Students
- Graduate Study at Vassar College
- Procedures for Complaint