Bachelor's Degree

A bachelor's degree is an academic title granted to a student who has completed a specific course of study. Degree titles are authorized by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and programs leading to the degrees are administered by the University, a college, a school and sometimes a program board or coalition of faculty.

The faculty of UNC has established four general requirements that a student must meet to earn a baccalaureate degree:

Earn a minimum of 120 semester credit hours.
Have a University of Northern Colorado cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00. Certain programs or majors may have additional requirements (e.g., recommendation for teacher licensure requires a UNC cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75).
Have at least 40 credit hours in courses designated as Liberal Arts Core in the Catalog of the academic year in which the student first completes courses at the University. The UNC undergraduate Catalog expires after six years. The Liberal Arts Core program is described later in this chapter.
Meet all degree requirements in the student's major field of study, as listed in the Catalog current when the first major is officially declared. If applicable, teacher licensure requirements must be satisfied.