Degree Requirements: An Overview
Here is an overview of the requirements for earning your degree at Ozarks:
- Complete 124 college-level* credit hours
- Fulfill core and distribution requirements
- Complete all courses in the major with a minimum of C- (or P in courses offered only on
a P/F basis) - Complete all courses in the minor, if any, with a minimum grade of C- (or P)
- Complete all requirements for the second major, if any
- Complete a minimum of forty upper-level hours; for the Bachelor of General Studies degree, a minimum grade of C- (or P) is required for all courses counted in these forty upper-level hours
- Complete the last 30 hours in residence at Ozarks
- Attain a 2.00 or higher grade point average on all college-level* work attempted at
Ozarks** - Make formal application for the degree to the registrar at least one semester prior to
expected graduation
*
“College-level” courses are those whose first digit is 1, 2, 3, or 4. Therefore, developmental
courses and their grades are excluded from meeting graduation requirements. However,
developmental courses and their grades are included in computing semester and cumulative
grade point averages, "good academic standing," satisfactory progress, "“academic
classification," and eligibility for financial aid and athletics. If you are required to take
developmental courses, you must attempt them in the first semester at Ozarks and in each subsequent
semester until all are completed.
**Only courses taken at Ozarks count in the grade point average. However, approved courses
taken elsewhere in which you earn a grade of C- or higher may fulfill course and
curricular requirements and may count toward total hours for graduation.
