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Although Phi Beta Kappa requires high grades, it also requires elected members to have completed ambitious programs in the liberal arts and sciences. Here is a summary of the current "stipulations" for eligibility established by the National Phi Beta Kappa Society: Stipulation 1 (120 Units of Liberal Arts and Sciences Coursework): Phi Beta Kappa honors achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. According to the national PBK stipulations, "The liberal arts and sciences encompass the traditional disciplines of the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciencs, and humanities. Select courses in other programs of study may be included only if they unambiguously embody the liberal arts and sciences." The PBK standards also say that "applied or pre-professional coursework" shall not be considered in determining eligibility. (Examples of "appplied and pre-professional" courses are in the areas of management, accounting, and law.) To be eligible for Phi Beta Kappa, a UCLA student must have taken 120 units of liberal arts and sciences courses, that is, at least three-quarters of the 160 units that UCLA requires for graduation. Successful PBK candidates will often have taken some courses outside the liberal arts and sciences, but the grades in these courses cannot count toward Phi Beta Kappa, and the courses themselves cannot exceed one-quarter of the units that the student offers for graduation. Stipulation 2 (Ambitious Course Combinations in The Liberal Arts and Sciences): The strongest Phi Beta Kappa s have earned outstanding grades in ambitious courses that come from different branches of the liberal arts and sciences. Here are some examples of obvious elects to Phi Beta Kappa: a student who combined advanced music with advanced mathematics courses; a student who took advanced French as well as advanced philosophy courses; a student who combined advanced chemistry with advanced history courses; a student who took both advanced Chinese and advanced biophysics courses. As required by the national
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stipulations, the UCLA Council pays particular attention to courses a candidate has taken outside his or her major and how advanced these courses were. At a minimum, successful PBK candidates\will have satisfied the Letters and Science General Education Requirements, that is, have a minimum of three courses in the Foundation of the Arts and Humanities, three courses in the Foundation of Society and Culture, and four courses in the Foundation of Scientific Inquiry. Transfer students , who may be exempt from some GE requirements for graduation, must still comply with this stipulation in order to be considered for Phi Beta Kappa. For transfer students, the Council will examine the liberal arts and sciences courses taken at the school from which the student has transferred. Stipulation 3 (Intermediate Foreign Language): Phi Beta Kappa continues to place emphasis on foreign language study as indispensable to the type of liberal education the Society honors and encourages. Specifically, elected candidates must have taken at least one course at the intermediate level or above in some foreign language. The National Society's stipulation reads as follows: "Candidates shall have demonstrated, by successful work in high school or college, or in the two together, a knowledge of a second or non-native language at least minimally appropriate for a liberal education. In no case shall this mean less than the completion of the intermediate college level in a second, or non-native, language, or its equivalent." Many UCLA students have passed out of UCLA's foreign language requirement or have been exempted from it. Nevertheless, Phi Beta Kappa still requires all of its elected members to have taken at least one course at the intermediate level, or above, in some language other than Enlgish. Stipulation 4 (At Least One Course in Mathematics, Logic, or Statistics): This stipulation provides as follows: "The candidate's undergraduate record shall include at least one course in college-level mathematics, logic, or statistics, with content appropriate to a liberal arts and sciences curriculum. The course should introduce the student to mathematical ideas, abstract thinking, proofs, and the axiomatic method."
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