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 12 2 STA T .750PUBLIC LA W 110 – 227 —M A Y 7, 200 8(I I )inclause (ii) ,by s tr i k in g‘ ‘ o r ’ ’a f ter t h e se m icolon at the en d; (i v )insub p aragraph ( C ) — (I) in the matter preceding subclause (I) of clause (i), by inserting ‘‘certified by the institution to be’’ after ‘‘is’’; (II) by striking clause (i)(II) and inserting the follo w ing

‘‘(II) a critical foreign language; and’’; and (III) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (v) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘( D ) the third or fourth year of a program of under - graduate education at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 10 1(a)), is attending an institution that demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the S ecretary, that the institution— ‘‘(i) offers a single liberal arts curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree, under which students are not permitted by the institution to declare a ma j or in a particular subject area, and the student— ‘‘(I)(aa) studies, in such years, a subject described in subparagraph (C)(i) that is at least e q ual to the requirements for an academic major at an institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree in such subject, as certified by an appropriate official from the institution; and ‘‘(bb) has obtained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3. 0 (or the equivalent as deter- mined under regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary) in the relevant coursework; or ‘‘(II) is required, as part of the student’s degree program, to undertake a rigorous course of study in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics, which consists of at least— ‘‘(aa) 4 years of study in mathematics; and ‘‘(bb) 3 years of study in the sciences, with a laboratory component in each of those years; and ‘‘(ii) offered such curriculum prior to F ebruary 8, 2 00 6 ‘‘( E ) the fifth year of a program of undergraduate edu- cation that requires 5 full years of coursework, as certified by the appropriate official of the degree-granting institution of higher education, for which a baccalaureate degree is awarded by a degree-granting institution of higher edu- cation— ‘‘(i) is certified by the institution of higher edu- cation to be pursuing a major in— ‘‘(I) the physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering (as deter- mined by the Secretary pursuant to regulations); or ‘‘(II) a critical foreign language; and ‘‘(ii) has obtained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (or the equivalent, as determined under
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