Academic Requirements

Choose the right set of (Major) Requirements - Academic Plans are updated periodically with new course content, degree requirements, and University policies. It's important to select the correct 'Year' to view the appropriate degree requirements. To select the appropriate year, please find the 'Requirement Term' on LionPATH.

Students: If you are in your major, please run the 'Academic Requirements' report and click on 'View Report as a PDF'. Your requirement term will be listed next to the major. If you have not entered a major yet, please use your Admit Term (which is the term you enrolled in at Penn State).

Circled in red, in the Academic Requirements report (pdf shown), this is where you can find the student's 'requirement term

Advisers: Click on 'Advisee Academics' on the left and scroll down to 'Requirement Term.'

Circled in red, this is where you can find the student's requirement term

PLEASE NOTE: Smeal College of Business Residency Policy - Pursuant to accreditation standards of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Smeal College of Business requires that all upper-division courses within the sponsoring department must be completed in residence at University Park under the instruction of Smeal College faculty.

Links to Degree Planning Policies, Procedures, and Information

• University Entrance to Major and Administrative Enrollment Controls

• Smeal College Entrance to Major and Enrollment Controls by Academic Year

• Penn State Undergraduate Bulletin