Undergraduate Curricula

1. The curriculum is comprised of the general education courses; two majors, a major-minor, or one major and one minor; and sufficient electives to make a total of 120 semester hours.
2. To complete a degree, students must complete the following general requirements:
   • A minimum of 120 semester hours of college credit with at least twice as many grade points as total hours of acceptable work (2.00 average on a 4.00 scale). In cases involving work done at more than one college, the grade average must be attained in the work done at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, as well as in the total combined college work. (These are minimum academic grade standards. Some degree programs and professional programs require a higher grade point average.)
   • At least forty hours of work must be at the senior-college level (3000 and 4000 courses). A minimum of eight semester hours of course work at the 3000 or 4000 level must be completed at Southwestern Oklahoma State University within the department of the major.
   • At least thirty weeks of residence with thirty semester hours of credit are required for graduation. A student who has attended more than one of the state universities at Ada, Alva, Durant, Edmond, Tahlequah, or Weatherford may apply work done at two of the institutions to meet the thirty semester hour requirement. The degree will be issued from the last school attended, unless the student earned less than sixteen hours credit there, in which case the issuance is by the university previously attended. Fifteen of the last 30 hours may be earned at any other school.
   • A maximum of 64 semester credit hours taken at an accredited two-year institution, including the Southwestern campus at Sayre campus, may be applied toward the completion of a bachelor's degree at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
   • Ordinarily, a student is expected to meet the degree provisions of the catalog course requirements in effect when the student enters the University. Revised degree requirements, unless specifically provided otherwise, are applicable only to those students entering the University after the revisions are adopted. However, when a long period of time has elapsed since a student began a program, the student is usually asked to meet the current requirements.
   • When the same course is required in the major and minor, another course of the same level must be taken in order for the total hours to equal the graduation requirements.
   • A student may receive a second bachelor's degree (differing from the first) upon the completion of 154 semester hours, provided all the requirements for the degree are met.