Graduation Requirements

In order to meet the academic requirements for graduation with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies (General Option), students must:

• Complete a minimum of 126 semester units of college credit;

• Satisfy NHU General Education Breadth requirements as described in this Catalog;

• Meet requirements for the Core Courses;

• Meet requirements for the major as described in this catalog;

• Complete a minimum of the University’s 30 semester units residency requirement;

• Complete a minimum of 45 upper division units for graduation;

• Attain an overall grade point average of “C” (2.0) or higher with a “C” (2.0) or higher in all units attempted in the major;

• Satisfy the University’s writing skills requirement.  This requirement is satisfied by passing the NHU Junior Writing Proficiency Exam;

• Satisfy the U.S. History and Constitution requirement.  Taking HIS 100 and HIS 201 satisfies this requirement.

Additionally, students must:

• Insure that all financial obligations to the University have been met, including payment of outstanding fees.

• Satisfactorily complete the last 30 units of residency at NHU. All students must also satisfactorily complete a minimum of 15 upper division units in their major at NHU over and above those units satisfactorily completed in the equivalent major at another institution. These 15 units may be part of the last 30 residency units.