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Bachelor's Degree Requirements

The bachelor's degree requires students to:

  1. Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours of prescribed and elective college credit, 42 hours of which must be courses numbered 300 or above. See the academic programs section of this catalog for the specific requirements of the area of concentration or major and minor programs.
  2. Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all work completed at the University and on all work completed to satisfy area or major and minor requirements. (See academic programs for specific GPA requirements.)
  3. Complete an area of no fewer than 48 credit hours or a major of no fewer than 30 credit hours and a minor of no fewer than 21 credit hours. (These are minimum requirements. Students may also elect to satisfy two majors or a major and more than one minor. Undergraduate certificates may not be used in place of the minor.)
  4. A major, minor or area is not required for the Bachelor of University Studies.
  5. Complete at least 30 institutional credit hours at Morehead State University. Testing credit is not accepted as institutional hours.
  6. Students in their last semester (or last 15 hours) who plan to take a required course in their program at another institution must receive departmental approval by completing the 15-hour waiver form. The completed form should be returned to the Office of the Registrar prior to the start of the term in which the student plans to take the transfer course. (To request the form, email registrar@moreheadstate.edu.)
  7. Fifty percent of the hours required for the major or area must be credit earned at MSU. Fifty percent of the hours required for the minor must be credit earned at MSU. Fifty percent of the hours required for a certificate (minimum 9 hours) must be credit earned at MSU. Exceptions may be made with permission of the dean of the college in which the major or area is granted.
  8. Bachelor of Science candidates must complete a minimum of 60 credit hours in science or science-related fields.
  9. Complete a minimum of 31 credit hours of general education courses, including a one-credit hour FYS: First Year Seminar.
  10. Equated courses can only be taken once for credit. If an equated course is taken a second time using the different prefix, it will be considered a repeat and the last grade received will stand.

Note: Credit earned by examination cannot exceed 30 credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree or 15 credit hours toward an associate degree.