Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
General requirements for the B.A. degree are (a) a minimum of 192 quarter hours including (b) 90 hours of Arts and Sciences course work above the 200 level; (c) the equivalent of two years of college-level foreign language; (d) at least 18 hours each of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; (e) General Education Requirements--Tiers I, II, III; and (f) all requirements stipulated by the department for the chosen major. Minors are optional.
A minimum of 192 quarter hours of credit is required for a B.A. However, you may acquire no more than 72 hours in any one subject for an B.A. Any hours accumulated beyond the maximum allowed for the major areas will necessitate an equivalent increase in the number of total hours required to graduate from Ohio University.
To receive a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, you must have a minimum 2.0 g.p.a. on all of the following:
- all hours attempted at the college level
- all hours attempted at the college level in the major
- all hours attempted at Ohio University
- all hours attempted at Ohio University in the major
The graduation g.p.a. is computed after deductions for repeated and noncredit courses have been made.
Graduation requirements are defined by your catalog of entry and remain in effect for five years from your date of admission to Ohio University. An average course load of 16 hours per quarter is necessary to graduate in four years. Five years after entry, graduation requirements become redefined by the current catalog.
All departments in the College of Arts and Sciences have an undergraduate advising coordinator who, with the help of other faculty in the department, ensures that every student is assigned an advisor for academic counseling. (It is not the advisor's responsibility, however, to dictate the quarter's schedule or to guarantee that program requirements are being met--this is the student's responsibility.)
The office of Student Affairs assists Arts and Sciences students in administrative matters related to academics, maintains records of academic progress, and approves candidates for graduation. The Office of Student Affairs is located on the ground floor of Wilson Hall, College of Arts and Sciences. (740) 593-2845
The University General Education Requirements (Tiers I, II, and III) are similar to, but lesser in scale, than the Arts and Sciences requirements. The well advised student can select courses which, while fulfilling University General Education Requirements, can partially satisfy Arts and Sciences distribution requirements in foreign languages, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and courses above the 199 level.
All courses taken to complete General Education Requirements apply as electives toward the required minimum of 192 hours needed to graduate from Ohio University.
Courses designated for Tier I quantitative skills and freshman composition (including any skills courses needed as prerequisites) apply only to hours needed for graduation and do not apply to the Arts and Sciences distribution requirements.
Courses that fulfill the Tier I advanced composition requirement at the junior level will apply to distribution areas only when the course is an Arts and Sciences offering.
Courses designated as Tier III offerings do not fulfill any Arts and Sciences requirements except when taught by faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences. Under this condition only, the course will count toward hours above 200.
Transfer students who receive transfer credit for courses comparable to the composition and quantitative courses of Tier I are considered to have met the Tier I requirement. Transfer students without comparable transfer credit in composition and/or quantitative skills must compete the requirement.