College of Fine Arts Undergraduate Handbook

Graduation Requirements

* The responsibility for meeting all graduation requirements lies with the student.

The following requirements must be met in order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts:

Student must have an OU retention and combined retention grade point average of 2.50 or higher.

Student must have successfully completed a minimum of 124 semester hours inclusive of general education, major course work, and electives.  Hours vary depending on degree.

Student must earn a “C” or better in each course in his/her major.

Student must complete a minimum of 40 hours of general education approved coursework as outlined by the college and the university. http://admissions.ou.edu/gened.htm

Student must complete at least one general education approved course at the upper-division level (3000 – 4000), outside the student’s major. Students should take advantage of the “power search” tool in the online enrollment program when enrolling in general education course requirements.

Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of upper division (3000-4000 level) course work.

Oklahoma State Regents policy requires each student to complete a minimum of 60 hours at a senior (4 year) institution.

Student must complete a senior graduation check with an academic counselor in the Fine Arts Dean’s Office.

Student must complete an Application for Graduation at the time of their senior graduation check.  This application must be on file with the University Records Office in order for the student to officially graduate from the university.