Degree Requirements

• A minimum of 180 total credits
  Note: Western allows a maximum of 135 quarter (90 semester) credits to transfer from any combination of regionally accredited institutions, including no more than 105 quarter (70 semester) lower division credits. Additional coursework, which exceeds this amount, may be used to meet specific requirements, but additional credits will not be allowed to count toward the 180 credit requirement for graduation. Lower division includes CEEB and military credit.
• A minimum of 45 credits through WWU. Correspondence coursework (including Western's Independent Learning Program), credit by examination, and advanced placement credit are not included in this total.
• A minimum of 60 quarter credits must be upper division (300/400-level).
• Complete a minimum of three writing proficiency (WP) points in approved upper division writing proficiency courses at WWU. Approved courses have an attribute of WP1, WP2, or WP3.
• General University Requirements (GURs) can be satisfied:
1. on a course-by-course basis. A list of GURs is available online.
2. by the completion of an approved direct-transfer AA degree from a Washington state community college earned prior to initial enrollment at WWU. If any student wishes to complete such a degree in order to have it satisfy the GUR after initial enrollment at Western, it must be earned by the time
   • the student has completed 45 credits at WWU, or
   • one calendar year has passed from initial enrollment at WWU, whichever comes later. All students must satisfy the GURs except those enrolled in Fairhaven College, where a separate core program is required.
3. By submitting a letter of verification from a Washington state public baccalaureate institution that all general university requirements were complete at the sending institution.

• An approved academic major (at least 50% of the credits required for the major must be earned at WWU).
• A minor if required (at least 50% of the credits required for the minor must be earned at WWU).
• Professional Education sequence, if required (all grades C or better).
• A grade of C- or better in a student's major or minor, supporting courses for majors and minors, ENG 101, and courses taken to fulfill the upper division writing proficiency requirement.
• Cumulative GPA at Western of at least 2.00 unless a higher GPA is required by the major.
• Final quarter - Must be registered for at least one Western course in the quarter in which degree is to be awarded. Correspondence courses are allowed only by exception.
• Submit an application for graduation to the Registrar's Office no later than the last day of classes two quarters prior to the final quarter. (You should have your major/minor evaluation(s) completed by your academic department at least one month prior to the degree application deadline.)

Questions? Contact Degree Evaluation in the Registrar's Office at 360-650-3985 or by e-mail.