Requirements for UO Bachelor’s Degree

Requirements Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of:
  • Music
  • Education
Bachelor of:
  • Architecture
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Interior Architecture
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Written English: WR 121 and either 122 or 123. These courses or their equivalents are required for all bachelor’s degrees at the UO (C-/P or better)
Group Requirements:
  • Arts & Letters
  • Social Science
  • Science
A minimum of 15 credits in approved group-satisfying courses is required in each group.*

Each group must include:
(a) at least two courses in one subject and
(b) at least one course in a different subject.

Total Minimum Credits: 45 (no more than 3 courses from one subject)

All degrees: No more than one course within the same subject code of the major.

A minimum of 12 credits in approved group-satisfying courses is required in each group.*

(a) Two groups must include at least two courses in one subject.
(b) Each group must include courses in at least two subjects.

Total Minimum Credits: 36 (no more than 3 courses from one subject)

All degrees: No more than one course within the same subject code of the major.

Students must satisfy the general requirements for either the bachelor arts or the bachelor of science degree.
Multicultural Requirement: One approved course in two of the following categories: A) American Cultures; B) Identity, Pluralism & Tolerance;
C) International Cultures. (Courses must be a minimum of three credits.)
Foreign Language:   Two years college-level or equivalent (C-/P or better)*     Students must satisfy the general requirements for either the bachelor of arts or the bachelor of science degree.
Mathematics/Computer Science: One year college-level or equivalent (C-/P or better)*      
Minimum Credits: 180 180 180 220 (B.L.Arch.)
225 (B.I.Arch.)
231 (B.Arch.)
220
Upper-Division Credits: 62 62 62 62 62
Total ABCDP* Credits: 168 168 168 168 168
UO ABCD Credits: 45 45 45 45 45
UO Residence Requirement: 45 after 120 45 after 120 45 after 120 45 after 160, 165, 171 45 after 160
UO Satisfactory Performance: A University of Oregon GPA of 2.0
UO Academic Major: Completion of an academic major required for all bachelor’s degrees at the University of Oregon.

* Credits from a course may not be used to satisfy group requirements and BA Language or BS Mathematics requirements

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