Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
Graduate:
A student with a bachelor’s degree who is enrolled for graduate credit.
hours of resident credit applied towards an associate degree must be taken at SWOSU. • Ordinarily, a student is expected to meet the degree provisions of the catalog course requirements in effect when the student enters the University. Revised degree requirements, unless specifically provided otherwise, are applicable only to those students entering the University after the revisions are adopted. However, when a long period of time has elapsed since a student began a program, the student may be required to meet current requirements. • When the same course is required in the major and minor, another course of the same level or higher must be taken in order for the total hours to equal the graduation requirements. • A student may receive a second bachelor’s degree (differing from the first) upon the completion of a minimum of 150 semester hours, provided all the requirements for the degree are met. After meeting admission requirements to SWOSU, if a student wishes to enter a pre-professional program that does not require a degree, or if a student does not expect to graduate, the student may enroll as a special student and take the courses necessary for the specialized training. Such programs include commercial art and two-, three-, and four-year pre-professional curricula for students preparing for law, medicine, dentistry, and engineering. In general, work completed in these special programs will apply toward a degree. Students should work closely with the institutions to which they will transfer to insure transferability of credit. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PROGRAM A quality education includes literacy in writing. A degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University carries a certification that each baccalaureate graduate is proficient in the use of written English. Every student seeking a baccalaureate degree must satisfactorily demonstrate proficiency in one of two ways: by earning a grade of “C” or higher in ENGL 1213 Freshman Composition II or by passing the English Proficiency Exam. Students who earn a “D” in ENGL 1213 have passed the class but have not demonstrated proficiency; they may choose to demonstrate proficiency either by passing the examination or by retaking the course and earning a grade of “C” or higher. The English Proficiency Exam is administered at the Assessment Center and evaluated by two or more English faculty members. Any student who has completed ENGL 1213 with a grade of “D” may request an appointment to take the exam at the Assessment Center. ENROLLMENT Southwestern Oklahoma State University uses an online enrollment system, making pre-enrollment both quick and efficient. Complete enrollment information can be found in the current Class Schedule. Schedules are available on the SWOSU website at https://selfservice.swosu.edu/Student/Courses. (Beginning freshman with no college hours earned are required to attend a New Student Orientation session in order to enroll for the fall semester. Students who have been out of high school two or more years do not have to attend an NSO session. Contact the Academic Records Office for enrollment procedures and advisor assignment.) Online enrollment is available to eligible students on assigned enrollment dates through Self-Service. Online enrollment is only available to students who have completed at least 60 credit
Exception: The classifications do not necessarily apply to students in the College of Pharmacy except for the purpose of eligibility for office in a student organization. CREDITS All credits are earned in semester hours. Semester hour credits are calculated as follows: • One semester hour is awarded for a lecture class meeting one hour (50 minutes) per week and a minimum of two additional hours of work outside of class time for 16 weeks exclusive of enrollment, orientation, and vacation time. Lecture classes for two semester hours of credit will normally meet two days per week. Lecture classes for three semester hours of credit will normally meet three days per week, and so forth. • One semester hour of credit will normally be awarded for a laboratory meeting a minimum of two hours per week for 16 weeks. Laboratories offered for multiple hours of credit will meet a minimum of two times the number of hours per week for 16 weeks as the number of semester hours credit to be awarded. • Instruction offered through a combination of classes and laboratory meetings will normally observe the standards set forth in (1) and (2) above. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS The general education courses, two majors, a major-minor, or one major and one minor; and sufficient electives to make a total of 120 semester hours comprise the curriculum. The 120 semester hours of coursework does not include any physical education activities. (Exceptions for professional programs, e.g., pharmacy and teacher education, are noted in the program section of the catalog.) To complete a degree, students must meet the following general requirements: • A minimum of 120 semester hours of college credit with at least twice as many grade points as total hours of acceptable work (2.00 average on a 4.00 scale). Some degree programs require more than 120 semester hours of college credit to meet degree requirements. In cases involving work done at more than one college, the grade average must be attained in the work done at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, as well as in the total combined college work. (These are minimum academic grade standards. Some degree programs and professional programs require a higher grade-point average.) • At least 40 semester hours of work must be at the senior college level (3000 and 4000 courses). A minimum of eight (8) semester hours of coursework at the 3000- or 4000-level must be completed at Southwestern Oklahoma State University within the department of the major. • A minimum of 30 semester hours of resident credit applied toward the bachelor’s degree shall be taken at the awarding institution, exclusive of correspondence work. In general, the residence work must include at least 15 of the final 30 credit hours that apply toward the degree or at least 50 percent of the hours required in the major field. • A maximum of 60 semester credit hours taken at an accredited two-year institution, including the SWOSU at Sayre location, may be applied toward the completion of a bachelor’s degree at SWOSU. A minimum of fifteen credit
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