A student working toward a bachelor’s degree at Northern Kentucky University must fulfill the following requirements:
- Minimum of 120 semester hours, the last 30 of which must be taken at NKU (i.e., in residence). Any exceptions to the residency requirement must be approved in writing from the Associate/Assistant Dean of the student's major.
- Minimum of 25% of the semester hours required for a degree must be taken at NKU (i.e., in residence). Any exceptions to the residency requirement must be approved in writing from the Associate/Assistant Dean of the student's major.
- Developmental Coursework (if required) must be satisfied. See “Admission Status” in the current undergraduate catalog.
- General education requirements (see “General Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree” in the current undergraduate catalog). Please note that some transfer students may be credited with fulfillment of part of these requirements under provisions of the Kentucky General Education Transfer Policy (see “Kentucky General Education Transfer Policy” in the current undergraduate catalog).
- Major requirements.
- Minor or Focus. A student must complete (i) a focus of at least 12 upper division semester hours in a discipline outside his/her major discipline or in an interdisciplinary program offered by NKU; or (ii) an academic minor, different from the student’s major, offered by NKU; (iii) a second major offered by NKU; or (iv) a major exempted from the minor/focus requirement. Please see appropriate individual program requirements for exempted programs.
- Grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 on all work attempted at NKU, at least 2.00 on all college work attempted (excluding developmental coursework), and at least 2.00 in the major/minor/focus—unless otherwise specified in the program requirements.
- Forty-five semester hours in courses numbered 300 and above.
NOTE: Freshman and sophomore level courses completed at other institutions may have course titles or content similar to certain 300 and 400 level courses at NKU. The Office of the University Registrar, in consultation with the department chair where the equivalent NKU course is housed, will determine whether such courses will contribute to meeting NKU’s requirement for 45 credits in courses numbered 300 and above.
- Demonstration of competence in computer use as determined by the student’s major department.
