Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

There are nine basic graduation requirements which all students must meet in order to earn a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Chico. These requirements provide the framework within which you develop your academic program. The more you understand your progress toward meeting these requirements and relate them to the many programs available to you, the better your chance of creating an exciting educational experience and avoiding errors which may delay graduation. The nine graduation requirements include:

  1. Total Units

  2. Upper-Division Units

  3. Residence Units

  4. General Education

  5. Cultural Diversity

  6. American Insitutions Requirement

  7. Skills Requirement

  8. An Approved Major

  9. Grade Point Average

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