Bachelor of Arts

Degree Requirements

1. Completion of a minimum of 126 semester hours;

2. A total of 30 hours in residence:

   • with at least 15 of the final 30 hours in residence, or
   • with at least 15 hours residency in the major;
3. A cumulative GPA of 2.0 in the major; cumulative GPA of 2.75 for education majors;
4. No course with a grade lower than “C-” will be accepted toward the major. Courses in the major are defined as any course required or accepted to meet a requirement of the major. Some majors require a higher minimum GPA in the major and higher minimum grades in courses in the major;
5. Satisfactory achievement in an approved academic major;
6. Thirty-six semester hours in upper-division courses (3000 or 4000 level courses);
7. A passing grade on the senior comprehensive, Praxis II Content Exam, or project in each major;
8. Completion of the general education program;
9. All requirements for each major including senior comprehensive exams must be met while earning a degree and prior to the conferral date of that degree;
10. If, after graduation with a given degree and major(s), a student wishes to earn a second baccalaureate degree and/or major from MidAmerica Nazarene University, he/she must satisfactorily complete all requirements for an additional major and complete a minimum of thirty semester hours in residence. Further, to complete any major in a degree program, the student must fulfill all requirements for that major and that degree program;
11. The student will take required classes in some areas and will select from a list of options in other areas. More detailed information can be found in the individual program sections. The distribution of requirements in each area is found in the pages that follow.
12. Transfer students with a certain number of transfer credits (must be accepted by MNU) may be exempted from some or all Exploratory course requirements in the general education program. Students with the following number of transfer credits have these Exploratory requirements:
    40 - 49 transfer credits must take 6 credits of Exploratory classes;
    50 - 59 transfer credits must take 3 credits of Exploratory classes;
    60 and above transfer credits are required to take no exploratory requirements
    There would be no change to foundational course or core requirements.