Do students need to take a required number of credits at WWU to get a BA or BS degree?
Answer #13: At least 50% of the credit hours required in a student’s major must be earned at Western Washington University. That means about 45-55 credits of the 90-110 Biology major credits must be taken at Western. There are more requirements that must be noted. Western requires that 60 credits must be in upper-division classes (300/400-level). Transfer students who have taken Organic Chemistry at a community college will not be able to count Chem 351, 352, etc equivalents as upper-division classes (60 credit minimum) even though they will be accepted as equivalent in your major. This will be an additional challenge in completing the 60 credit upper-division requirement. Biology BA majors need only take 37 credits at Western but must take 60 upper-division classes total. Check all the WWU Graduation Requirements at: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/registrar/degree_requirements.shtml. Please make these guidelines part of your planning and discussions with your advisor.
