Graduation requirements include: Earn 24.0 course credits (48 courses). Complete a minimum of 6.0 credits (12 courses) through BYU Online High School; 3.0 credits (6 courses) of the 6.0 required may be split between the junior and senior year.
Earn 24.0 course credits (48 courses). Complete a minimum of 6.0 credits (12 courses) through BYU Online High School; 3.0 credits (6 courses) of the 6.0 required may be split between the junior and senior year. Students must be enrolled in the semester in which they intend to graduate.
If you are in good academic standing, you may register for up to 18 credit hours per semester or 9 credits per term. With advisement center approval, you can take 21 credit hours per semester or 11 credits per term. You cannot register for the additional hours until the first day of the semester.
BYU requires all students with 9.0 or more credits in a semester or 4.5 or more credits in a term to carry adequate medical insurance. This applies the entire time a student has continuing status, including students taking a semester or term off.
You are considered a full-time student if you enroll in 6 or more credits (4.5 for graduates students) during spring or summer terms, but you cannot enroll for more than the maximum allowable credits. There is no priority registration date for spring and summer terms.
Student Type | Fall Semester | Spring Term |
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Undergraduate Students | 9 credits | 4 credits |
Graduate Students | 2 credits | 2 credits |
1987-1994 | Fall 1994-Present | Description |
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71-74 | 3.0-3.2 | High Pass |
66-70 | 2.7-2.9 | Pass |
59-65 | 2.2-2.6 | Low Pass |
50-58 | 1.6-2.1 | Failure |
Available degree options may be found on the certificates and degrees program list.
A certificate is 12–15 credits and focuses on one area of study.An associate degree is 60 credits and includes general studies.A bachelor’s degree...
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BYU-Pathway provides access to select certificates and degrees from both BYU-Idaho and Ensign College. Through this partnership, students have acce...
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A term class is 8 weeks (half a semester). Classes are completed at an accelerated pace, but the tuition deadlines and charges are the same as semester classes. During fall and winter, Term 1 courses run during the first 8 weeks of instruction, and Term 2 courses run during the last 8 weeks of instruction. Registering only for term classes and not registering for Fall/Winter semesters is not encouraged.
You cannot register for the additional hours until the first day of the semester.
BYU offers a variety of accommodations for students with disabilities. If you need help with registration or other academic services, contact the University Accessibility Center .
Some classes have prerequisite courses that you must take before you can register for them.
You cannot take a course and its prerequisite course in the same semester or term.
This means that if you have a withdrawal of membership, have formal membership restrictions, or are disaffiliated from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you cannot attend BYU until you are in good standing.
Some departments offer variable credit classes. You can choose from a given range of credits which corresponds with the amount of coursework required. You should consult with your professor or advisor before choosing the number of credit hours.
BYU requires all students with 9.0 or more credits in a semester or 4.5 or more credits in a term to carry adequate medical insurance. This applies the entire time a student has continuing status, including students taking a semester or term off. All participants in groups on tour, Study Abroad, or internships are required to carry adequate medical insurance.
Failure to pay all amounts due BYU, including collection fees, may also result in various actions, including but not limited to withholding services and restricting the student's ability to register for class, participate in graduation, receive a transcript or diploma, or be considered for readmission to the university.
Tuition and fees include charges such as tuition, class fees, tuition reassessments, Study Abroad fees, and health plan charges. Students are responsible to pay the correct amount of tuition, fees, and past due balances in U.S. dollars (checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank).
If BYU is unable to collect amounts due the university within a reasonable time, the debt may be referred to an outside collection agency and/or attorney for collection. All collection costs, including collection agency fees, attorney fees, and court costs will be charged to the student's account.
The pro-rata charge applies to tuition and most class fees. Certain class fees relate to the delivery of required supplies or services and are not refundable. The pro-rata charges are as follows: The recalculation of tuition and fee charges may result in a refund.
BYU retains all legal remedies to collect unpaid tuition, fees , and other amounts due to the university for housing, traffic fines, etc. BYU uses a variety of methods to keep students informed of amounts due the university, including financial Web sites, statements, and various forms of correspondence.
Tuition Rates. Tuition and general fees for all academic programs are established annually by Brigham Young University. BYU is a non-profit corporation affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and significant portions of university operating costs are paid with the tithes of Church members.
You are considered a full-time student if you enroll in 6 or more credits (4.5 for graduates students) during spring or summer terms, but you cannot enroll for more than the maximum allowable credits.
Tuition for semester length classes will be calculated as if ½ of the credit hours were allocated towards spring term and ½ towards summer term. However, the full amount calculated for semester length classes will be billed along with spring term and will be subject to the normal spring term deadlines.
Tuition amounts are calculated as follows: Spring term and summer term tuition charges are calculated separately according to the number of credit hours for which you are enrolled in each term. Click HERE for a breakdown of tuition rates by credit hour.
Semester-length classes are classes that span both spring and summer terms (classes start the first day of spring term and end the last day of summer term.) Semester-length classes will show up on your transcript only under spring term, and the hours for semester-length classes will only count toward spring term.
Grades for spring-summer semester-length classes are posted in August. Since semester-length classes appear under spring term, a “NS” grade will be posted to your transcript after spring term is over and will stay there until grades are posted in August.
During the final exam period for spring term, you will not have class instruction for your semester-length classes. Your instructors may give out class assignments during this period or provide lectures through other methods, such as podcasts.
You will pay your tuition for semester-length classes at the same time as you would pay for spring term classes. Tuition for semester-length classes is calculated as if half of the credit hours were being taken in spring term and half were being taken in summer term. See the tuition calculator below.
For online degrees earned from BYU-Idaho: Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours from BYU-Idaho.
A certificate is 12–15 credits and focuses on one area of study. An associate degree is 60 credits and includes general studies. A bachelor’s degree is 120 credits and includes a major field of study as well as general studies. Bachelor’s degrees are built by stacking three certificates.
BYU-Idaho: Students should access their Degree Planner (located inside the BYU-Pathway Portal ), which outlines their entire degree plan and shows which courses to take.
Majors/certificates are declared at the time a student starts their online degree program. Students who wish to change should do the following or contact Advising.
While the Aims of a BYU Education states that all disciplines should be a "bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel," religion courses engage the student mind and heart in an ever deeper understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ through close ...
The Pursuit of All Truth. The BYU Mission states: "Because the gospel encourages the pursuit of all truth, students at BYU should receive a broad university education. The arts, letters, and sciences provide the core of such an education, which will help students think clearly, communicate effectively, understand important ideas in their own ...
First-Year Writing teaches methods of library research, text or rhetorical analysis, and writing skills in different genres and styles. Students will use and expand these skills in all succeeding years of university work. Once students identify an area for major study, the Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement introduces them to the discourse and documentation style of their chosen discipline, prepares them to write and present in their professional fields, and teaches them to communicate their disciplinary knowledge to an external audience.
The University Core and the Honors Program. The Honors Program, open to all interested students, offers an array of enriched courses that simultaneously satisfy University Core and University Honors graduation requirements.
The heart of the university core's religion component is the doctrinal foundation based upon careful, informed, and reflective study of sacred scripture and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The university core comprises four categories: Doctrinal Foundations; The Individual and Society; Skills; and Arts, Letters, and Sciences.
All First-Year students are expected to enroll in a 3-credit hour mentored course during Fall semester (and summer term if that is their first semester on campus). First-Year Mentoring reserves seats in high-demand University Core courses (First-Year Writing, American Heritage, and many more) for new students.
At the close of each semester the dean of each academic college will post a list of undergraduate students who are ranked in the top 5 percent of their college for the given semester, who have earned a minimum of 14 credit hours, and who have earned a minimum grade point average of at least 3.5 for the semester.
Example from above: 36.2 divided by 11.0 = 3.29. 3.29 is the GPA for above example.
To calculate the GPA manually, follow these steps: Step one : For each class, multiply the credit hours by the grade points (Take the value of the letter grade and multiply that letter grade value by the credit hours.) Grade points are: A = 4.0.
Departments reserve the right to decide which courses may be challenged by examination. Religion courses, internship courses, exercise sciences and dance activity courses, and other activity participative courses, such as music, youth leadership, and ROTC, may not be challenged.
After the semester/term has ended and all grades have been submitted by the faculty, students may access their grades online.
Students have eight years from the time of their initial enrollment in which to complete all requirements for graduation. Students who have not graduated within eight years of their initial enrollment at BYU will be required to meet with an academic advisor in the area of their primary major to determine major and university core graduation requirements and the use of credit previously earned. Where University Core or major requirements have changed or where credit previously earned was in an area of substantial change, students may be required to do additional work to meet graduation requirements.
BYU offers students a helpful academic planning system (MyMAP) that enables them to plan their academic progress towards graduation. MyMAP is an online tool students may use to plan specific courses to fill University Core, major, minor, and elective requirements, and organize those courses into semesters/terms. In addition, students may register for these courses using the Register tab. Easy access to course descriptions can be found on any MyMAP tab by simply clicking on the course title. As a student fully utilizes MyMAP, they will find that they have important information at their fingertips. Students may access MyMAP under the School section of MyBYU.
The university informs students of such modifications through the online catalog, online class schedules, and all advisement centers on campus . Students who leave the university for an extended period of time may be informed of such changes through these sources.
Second majors (exclusive of some language second majors) are rare and must be approved by the college advisement center supervisors involved and the dean of the college responsible for the primary major. The second major proposal and approval process requires an evaluation of all University Core and major requirements and a time-to-graduation analysis. Petitions for a double major must be submitted prior to earning 75 BYU hours (excluding language exam credits). College advisement centers are prepared to assist interested students in this process. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of a student's major can also be used to satisfy the requirements of an approved second major, unless not permitted by the requirements of the proposed second major. Students who graduate with a second major only receive one degree (i.e. BA or BS) and one diploma. The degree earned will be the one associated with the primary major and only the primary major will be listed on the diploma.
In order to apply for graduation, students must have an active ecclesiastical endorsement covering the semester in which they plan to have their degree awarded. Students access the online graduation application through the "Apply for Graduation" link in the "School Menu" on MyBYU. After submitting the online graduation application, the student account will be charged a one-time $15.00 fee for graduation and the student will be instructed to contact their individual college advisement center (if applicable) to finish the graduation application process. Students will be notified of the status of their graduation application via email.
This means that credit earned more than eight years before admission or readmission (including transfer credit) may be accepted to meet general education or major graduation requirements at the discretion of the university.
All students desiring to graduate must apply for graduation. Students applying for the bachelor degree should do so by the appropriate deadlines for graduation. The deadlines for each graduation are listed below: