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CALS students must choose at least one major within CALS. Students may choose to pursue additional majors, in CALS or outside of CALS. CALS students may also choose to pursue one or more certificates, which are a designated set of courses focused upon a specific topic or theme and are similar to minors at other institutions. The full list of CALS majors and certificates can be found here, and the full list of UW–Madison majors and certificates can be found here.

CALS students must complete at least 120 credits to earn a Bachelors of Science degree. These credits include University requirements, College requirements and Major requirements. However, all these requirements do not account for 120 credits and any additional credits needed, considered electives, are chosen by students based on their interests and goals. CALS undergraduate students may take most university course offerings (courses 100-699) as electives.

The CALS Honors Program allows highly motivated students to continue challenging themselves through research and coursework. The objective of the Honors Program is to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving abilities through specialized courses, and to provide students the challenge of designing, conducting and reporting research in collaboration with faculty from one of the world’s leading research institutions.