Undergraduate Major Requirements

The MCDB undergraduate major leads to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Students majoring in MCDB must satisfy MCDB major and ancillary requirements and also A&S requirements. These requirements are summarized in a one-page checklist and are described below.

• See detailed descriptions in University catalog.


• Copies of the checklist and a blank four-year degree planning sheet are available from the MCDB Student Affairs Office in MCDB A1B48 and from MCDB advisors.


• Sample degree plans (See Sample Degree Plans).

Major Course Requirements - General

• A minimum of 30 semester hours in MCDB, including 19 hours of specified courses and a minimum of 11 hours of upper-division electives.


• All courses counted in the 30 hours of MCDB coursework must have C- or better grades.


• A grade point average (GPA) of 2.0* is required for all MCDB courses attempted. This includes repeats and courses not counted as part of the 30 hours. *Somewhat less stringent grade requirements apply to the MCDB ancillary requirements, (see Minimum Grade).


• Transfer students must take a minimum of 12 hours of upper-division courses with MCDB course numbers at CU Boulder, including at least one MCDB upper-division elective (see Transfer Students).

Graduation Checklist

All requirements for the MCDB major and the Core Curriculum are combined into a single checklist. A similar one-page checklist and a four-year degree planning sheet are available from the MCDB Student Affairs Office and from MCDB advisors. Please be aware that the checklist describes only the most common ways of satisfying many of the requirements.