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Scripps College

Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711

Official telephone: (909) 621-8149
Toll-free telephone: (800) 770-1333
Fax number: (909) 621-8323

Website: www.scrippscollege.edu



Screen last updated on: January 22, 2010
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: September and January
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: August and January

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Majors with the highest enrollment: psychology, politics and international selations, media studies
Majors with the lowest enrollment: business and marketing, liberal arts, mathematics
Average freshman GPA: 10.3 on a 12.0 scale
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 95%
Average class size: 17 in freshman lecture courses, 17 in upper-level/division lecture courses
Student:Faculty ratio: 12:1
Total faculty: 37 men, 58 women, 85 total
Full-time faculty: 30 men, 37 women, 61 total
Part-time faculty: 7 men, 21 women, 24 total
Faculty degrees: 95% PhD, 100% master's degree, 100% bachelor's degree, 92% terminal
Graduation rate: 82% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: not required for graduation
Physical education is required: no
There are religious requirements for graduation: no
Minimum GPA required to graduate: 2.0

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, pass/fail grading option, internships
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Students may complete a minor in any academic program offered at the College.
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science
Education certifications are offered: no
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Engineering
Graduate schools/programs are offered: no
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: no
Domestic off-campus semester-away programs: Washington Semester (American University), UN Semester, Contemporary Art
Schools with which domestic exchange programs are offered: Colby College, Spelman College
Study abroad opportunities:
various programs are offered in over 40 countries
Army ROTC: offered off-campus at Claremont McKenna Coll.
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus at Harvey Mudd Coll.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Automotive Technology/GM
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • African-American Studies
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Asian Studies
  • Asian-American Studies
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Black Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry/Biology
  • Chicano Studies
  • Chinese
  • Classical Languages
  • Classical Studies
  • Classics
  • Computer Science
  • Dance
  • Economics
  • Economics/Accounting
  • Engineering
  • English
  • Environment/Economics/Politics
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • European Studies
  • Foreign Languages
  • Foreign Languages/Literature
  • French Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Gender/Women's Studies
  • Geology
  • German Studies
  • Germanic Languages/Literatures
  • Hispanic Studies
  • History
  • Human Biology
  • Humanities
  • International Relations
  • International Studies
  • International/Intercultural Studies
  • Italian
  • Italian Language/Literature
  • Italian Studies
  • Japanese
  • Jewish Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Engineering
  • Management/Engineering
  • Mathematical Economics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics/Economics
  • Media Studies
  • Molecular Biology
  • Music
  • Neuroscience
  • Neurosciences
  • Organismal Biology
  • Organizational Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy/Politics/Economics
  • Philosophy/Public Affairs
  • Physics
  • Politics
  • Politics/International Relations
  • Pre-Medicine
  • Psychobiology
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Religious Studies
  • Russian
  • Science/Management
  • Science/Technology/Society
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Studio Arts
  • Theatre
  • Women's Studies

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 4 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for international baccalaureate
Other credit/placement programs:
College has its own required placement exams for math and foreign languages.



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