Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2017-2018. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.

Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120

Other Requirements

• See the College of Arts and Sciences Requirements.
• Upper-Division Credit: Total hours must include at least 44 hours in courses numbered 3000 or above.
• Hours in One Department: Hours in one department in excess of 54 will be added to the minimum total of 120 required for graduation.

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

1. General Education Requirements
   No more than two courses (or eight hours) from the major department may be used to meet General Education and College and Departmental Requirements. The General Education required English Composition, required U.S. History, required American Government, one required MATH or STAT course, and required foreign language for B.A. degrees do not count against the two-course maximum.
2. A&S College/Departmental Requirements
   1. Arts and Humanities are defined as any course carrying an (H) designation or courses from AMST, ART, DANC, ENGL (except ENGL 3323 Technical Writing) HIST, MUSI, PHIL (except PHIL 1313 Logic and Critical Thinking (A), PHIL 3003 Symbolic Logic (A) and PHIL 4003 Mathematical Logic and Computability), REL, TH, and foreign languages.
   2. Natural and Mathematical Sciences are defined as any course from the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, BOT, CHEM, CS (except CS 4883 Social Issues in Computing), GEOL, MATH, MICR, PHYS, and STAT; or courses from other departments that carry an (A) or (N) general education designation.
   3. The required six hours of upper-division General Education may not include courses from the student’s major department. This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
   4. Non-Western Studies Requirement for B.A. and B.F.A.; One 3-hour course in Non-Western Studies from:

      Course List

      Code	Title	Hours
      AMIS 2013	Introduction to American Indian Studies (D)	3
      AMIS 4013	American Indian Sovereignty (D)	3
      ANTH 3443	Peoples of Mesoamerica (IS)	3
      ANTH 4223	The Aztec Empire (H)	3
      ART 3693	Survey of Asian Art (H)	3
      ART 3733	History of Latin American Art I	3
      ART 4603	History of Ancient Egyptian Art	3
      ART 4653	History of Indian Art	3
      ART 4663	History of Chinese Art (H)	3
      ART 4673	History of Japanese Art	3
      ART 4683	Modern and Contemporary Art in Asia	3
      ART 4703	Art East and West: Biases and Borrowings	3
      ART 4713	The Visual Culture of the Islamic World (HI)	3
      ART 4763	Native American Art and Material Culture	3
      CHIN 1813	Elementary Chinese II	3
      ENGL 2963	Survey of Nonwestern Traditions (HI)	3
      ENGL 3183	Native American Literature (DH)	3
      ENGL 3190	Readings in Postcolonial and Multiethnic Literature (African Novel)	3
      ENGL 4330	Studies in Native American Literature	3-6
      FLL 1000	Special Studies in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Arabic 2 & Mvskoke2)	1-10
      GEOG 3053	Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS)	3
      GEOG 3733	Russia and Its Neighbors (IS)	3
      GEOG 3753	Asia (IS)	3
      GEOG 3763	Africa (IS)	3
      GEOG 3783	The Middle East (IS)	3
      HIST 1713	Survey of Eastern Civilization (H)	3
      HIST 3013	Ancient Egypt and Israel (H)	3
      HIST 3043	Ancient Mesopotamia: Iraq, Iran & Syria from 4000-333 B.C. (H)	3
      HIST 3053	Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS)	3
      HIST 3123	The History of Modern Africa (HI)	3
      HIST 3133	African Diaspora History (H)	3
      HIST 3153	Russia to 1861 (H)	3
      HIST 3163	Russia Since 1861 (HI)	3
      HIST 3203	The Medieval World, 500-1500 (H)	3
      HIST 3403	East Asia to 1800 (H)	3
      HIST 3413	East Asia Since 1800 (HI)	3
      HIST 3423	Modern Japan (HI)	3
      HIST 3433	Modern China (HI)	3
      HIST 3443	Gender Relations in Chinese History (H)	3
      HIST 3503	Medieval Islamic History (H)	3
      HIST 3513	Modern Middle East (HI)	3
      HIST 3523	History of South Asia 1700 - Present (HI)	3
      HIST 3543	Israel & Palestine in Modern Times (HI)	3
      HIST 3553	Media and Popular Culture in the Arab Middle East (HI)	3
      HIST 3583	Minorities and Diversity in the Middle East (H)	3
      HIST 3793	Native American History (DH)	3
      HONR 3033	Contemporary Cultures of the Non-Western World: Honors (IS)	3
      JAPN 1813	Elementary Japanese II	3
      JAPN 2813	Intermediate Japanese I	3
      JAPN 3713	Intermediate Japanese II	3
      MUSI 3583	Traditional World Music (HI)	3
      PHIL 3943	Asian Philosophy (HI)	3
      PHIL 4943	Indian Philosophy	3
      PHIL 4953	East Asian Philosophy	3
      POLS 3003	The Soviet Union: History, Society and Culture(IS)	3
      POLS 3053	Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS)	3
      POLS 3123	Politics of Russia and Eurasia (I)	3
      POLS 3163	Politics of Africa (I)	3
      POLS 3223	Politics Of East Asia	3
      POLS 3313	Politics Of The Middle East	3
      REL 1103	Introduction to World Religions (HI)	3
      REL 3573	The Religions of Native Americans (DH)	3
      REL 4113	The World of Islam: Cultural Perspectives (HI)	3
      REL 4213	Understanding Global Islam (HI)	3
      REL 4223	Religions and Sects in the Middle East (HI)	3
      RUSS 1813	Elementary Russian II	3
      RUSS 3003	The Soviet Union: History, Society and Culture (IS)	3
      RUSS 3053	Introduction to Central Asian Studies (IS)	3
      RUSS 3123	Russian Culture and Civilization (H)	3
      RUSS 4013	Survey of Russian Literature I	3
      RUSS 4023	Survey of Russian Literature II	3
      RUSS 4113	Russian Literature in Translation I (H)	3
      RUSS 4123	Russian Literature in Translation II	3
      SOC 4533	World Population Problems	3
      SOC 4653	Gender and the Middle East (IS)	3

      
      This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
   5. The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major requirements and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major-prefix courses.
3. Foreign Language Proficiency
   1. The foreign language requirement for the B.A. may be satisfied by 9 hours college credit in the same language, which must include 3 hours at the 2000-level, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFI exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. Currently Arabic and Muskoke are not offered at the 2000-level at OSU
   2. The foreign language requirement for the B.S., B.M. and B.F.A. may be satisfied by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language (passing grades at second year level of study). It may also be satisfied by 6 hours college credit, which must include language courses 1713 and 1813, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; completing a 2000-level course or higher in the language; TOEFI exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
   3. In addition to a. and b., students pursuing teacher certification must meet novice-high foreign language proficiency by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language with no grade below B. Or, students may complete 3 hours college credit in a single language with no grade below C (or pass an advanced standing examination, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, or Oral Proficiency Interview developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, equivalent to 3 hours of college credit.) Or, students may meet the requirement by transfer of documentation of meeting the foreign language competency from one of the teacher education programs in the State of Oklahoma approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
4. Exclusions
   1. Courses used to satisfy the General Education English Composition, U.S. History, American Government, and Mathematics or Statistics requirements will not count toward the 54 hour maximum allowed from one department.
   2. Courses with ATHL or LEIS prefixes and leisure activity courses may not be used for degree credit.
5. Teacher Certification
   Students can satisfy the requirements for secondary schools teaching certification while earning a B.A. or B.S. in the College of Arts & Sciences. Those interested should see their Arts and Sciences adviser and the OSU Professional Education Unit in room 325 Willard.

Additional State/OSU Requirements

• At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
• Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
• Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
• Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2023.