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Bachelor Degree Requirements

Minium Total Credits

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of the last 75 Credits Completed at WOU

(you may have more than this)

Upper Division Credits

(300 and 400 level classes)

Major Required Credits

(classes required to complete your major)

Minimum GPA

(about a C average)

Minimum of 180 credit hours. Depending on your major and/or minor, you may need additional elective credits to reach 180 total credits.
60 upper-division credits (300, 400, or 500 level classes)
Minimum of 2.00 (C) grade point average (GPA) in all work completed at WOU
Residence: Complete either a minumum of 150 credits OR at least 45 of the last 75 credit hours through WOU

General Education

For a Well-Rounded Education

For students who are starting at WOU on or after Summer of 2019

Please follow this link to the General Education requirements: https://wou.edu/gened/requirements/

Click here to download the General Education Requirements 2021.

Students can change their catalog year to the new general education program. Please contact your Advisor for further guidance

For students who started at WOU on or before Spring of 2019

Please follow the link for Liberal Arts Core Curriculum information

- Liberal Arts Core Curriculum completion of 55 credit hours, as outlined in the section on Undergraduate Programs

Majors

Explore Your Passion

Major Requirements: minimum of 36 upper-division credit hours unless otherwise stated

Minors

Optional, but Encouraged

Minor Requirements: minimum of 12 upper-division credit hours unless otherwise stated

For specific information about your degree requirements, consult with a major advisor.

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Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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