Though 涩里番 makes every effort to provide students with effective academic advising, the final responsibility for meeting all academic and graduation requirements rests with each individual student.
- The Undergraduate Catalog under which you are admitted to SPU serves as the official record of admission, general academic, and general graduation requirements, with the exception of standards governing the completion of your major and/or minor.
- The quarter in which you are accepted into a major or minor by the school or department offering the major or minor will determine the Undergraduate Catalog from which the major and/or minor requirements will be applied.
- Degrees are awarded and posted
to your transcript based on the date you fulfilled all degree
requirements. Your degree will be posted within one quarter after your last
quarter of enrollment.
- You may request reasonable substitutions for specific requirements through to Student Academic Services in 120. (Read more about student academic appeals and exceptions to academic policy.)
- Advising by University personnel inconsistent with published statements is not binding.
General Education Curriculum Requirements
Most undergraduate students entering 涩里番 during the 2015鈥�16 academic year follow the same general education curriculum to complete their undergraduate degrees. This curriculum includes:
- The Common Curriculum, including the University Seminar, University Core, University Foundations, and Senior Capstone courses
- The Exploratory Curriculum, including Ways of Knowing and Ways of Engaging courses
If you are a transfer student who has completed an associate degree through a community college in Washington, Oregon, or California, refer to the Transfer Student information in the Admissions section of this catalog for information about how the particular degree may apply toward fulfillment of SPU鈥檚 competency requirements, Common Curriculum, and Exploratory Curriculum.
Once you have begun classes at 涩里番 Pacific, you should never enroll in a course at another institution without consulting a faculty advisor and an academic counselor, and without completing a (PDF).
Policies governing transfer of credits are found in the Transfer Students section of this catalog, with addition information listed under Enrollment at Other Institutions for those taking credits elsewhere after matriculation at SPU.
Graduation Requirements
All students completing a first bachelor鈥檚 degree at 涩里番 are governed by the following policies and requirements:
- A minimum of 180 college-level, quarter credits.
- At least 60 credits earned in courses numbered 3000鈥�4999.
- At least 45 college-level credits earned in residence as a matriculated student. (Credits earned by examination do not satisfy the residence requirement.)
- At least 25 of the final 45 credits for the degree must be earned from SPU.
- A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all courses applicable to the degree.
- A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all courses taken at SPU.
- With the exception of courses from pre-approved study abroad programs, no more than 20 credits may be earned from another institution after a student has matriculated at SPU.
- You may not take courses concurrently from SPU and another institution during the regular academic year (Autumn through Spring quarters) unless participating in an approved study abroad program.
- 鈥淧ass鈥� grades do not fulfill requirements in your major or minor in the Exploratory Curriculum, in University Seminar, in University Foundations, in University Core, in the General Education, or in the University Scholars curriculum.
- Satisfactory completion of your academic major.
- Achievement of satisfactory scores on your writing competency analysis, demonstration of competency through an approved alternative means, or completion of required English writing coursework.
- Demonstration of competency in a foreign language, either through coursework or one of the means outlined under Foreign Language Competency.
- If you enter SPU with freshman or sophomore standing, you are required to complete 8 credits in writing (鈥淲鈥�) courses prior to graduation; if you enter as a junior, you are required to complete 5 credits; if you enter SPU as a senior, you are required to complete 3 credits. (See the section on Writing Competency.)
- All your degree requirements for your major or minor are determined by the Undergraduate Catalog in effect when you are accepted to the major or minor. For example, if you are accepted to a major in Winter Quarter 2017, you are subject to all major requirements listed in the 2016鈥�17 Undergraduate Catalog.
- You are expected to apply to a major by the start of your junior year. (PDF) are available here and in the school or division office.
- If you are a transfer student with junior or senior status at entrance, you must apply for acceptance into a major after completing 15 SPU credits or as soon as admission criteria for your major are met.
- You will be contacted by Student Academic Services if you have not been accepted to a major but have completed 105 or more credits.
Policies and procedures related to your application for graduation and degree posting:
- You must be accepted into a major prior to applying for graduation.
- You are responsible for applying for graduation. You apply for graduation through the by selecting Student Menu then Graduation Menu. For application deadlines, see the Graduation section of this Catalog.
- You may change your application for graduation and should notify your undergraduate academic counselor of the change at least one quarter in advance of the previous intended quarter of graduation.
- Your degree will not be posted to your academic transcript nor a diploma ordered until all requirements are completed, including any outstanding I and N grades.
- The official record of your degree completion is the official SPU academic transcript.