Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following:

• A minimum of 120 hours, 84 of which must be graded and 45 of which must be at the 300 or 400 level.
• A minimum of 99 semester hours of credit in courses that either are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences or would normally be taught by a discipline in a college of arts and sciences.
• A major consisting of no less than 24 hours in the discipline, of which at least 12 must be at the upper division level.
• Eighty hours outside the major discipline.
• All general education requirements.
• WU 101 The Washburn Experience.
• An upper-division English composition course (EN 300, EN 308, or EN 312).
• The 102-level course in one of the languages offered by the Department of Modern Languages, or the equivalent. Course work taken to fulfill this requirement may not be applied toward general education requirements for completing the BA degree. Equivalents of the required course work are defined as follows:
  • Successful completion of a similar course of study in a foreign language taken at an accredited post-secondary institution.
  • Successfully challenging the departmentally administered 102 level examinations or a score of “4” or higher on the AP or a score of 63 on the CLEP foreign language examinations. 
  • Note: Native speakers of a language other than English may not receive credit for any 100 level courses in that language.
• Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major, required courses and English, math, and communication studies general education courses. A double major may be completed within the 120 hour total by meeting all the requirements of the two majors. Students may also elect a minor or certificate. See the Student Services and Academic Support section of the catalog concerning hours transferred to Washburn University.