Majors
Selecting your major and deciding on emphasis and minors allow you to focus your degree to meet your goals. Select a major with an emphasis or a minor, and select elective courses to for a degree plan that gives you tools for success.

Declaring a Major
To earn or complete your bachelor's degree, you must select a major.

Traditional Semester-Based Majors
If you are a traditional semester-based student, It is strongly recommended that you select your major by the end of your sophomore year. This will help your academic advisor prepare you for graduation as you progress through your junior and senior year. A student should officially declare a major field of concentration by the time he or she has completed 60 credit hours.

Accelerated Bachelor's Degree Completion Majors
Courses in each Accelerated Bachelor's Degree Completion Program satisfy major requirements. Enrolling in a program automatically enrolls you for all courses within the major. Once you’re enrolled, you’ll go through your program, class-by-class lockstep with a group of peers – working adults ready to share their experiences and perspectives and learn from yours.

Majors are classified in two ways:
Single – If you major in a single area of study, you must complete all the courses specified by that area in addition to the General Degree Requirements.

Multiple – If you desire a degree with a concentration in more than one area of study, you must fulfill the General Degree Requirements and the requirements of each major field selected. The permanent records will reflect each major area. Because of the nature of the accelerated curriculum you may select only a single major.

Minors
Selection of a minor is not a graduation requirement. You must complete 9 credit hours in-residence in order to have the minor posted to a Bellevue University Transcript.

Declaring a Minor
Bellevue University makes the academic minor available to enrich your educational focus. A minor is a recognized group of courses in a specific discipline that enhances general learning, complements your major, or improves your prospects for employment. Selection of a minor is not a graduation requirement. It should be arranged in consultation with your faculty advisor from the appropriate area of study.

Minors typically require between 18 and 24 semester credit hours to complete. All minors require a minimum GPA of 2.5 and nine upper-division credit hours and three courses (nine credit hours) in-residence at Bellevue University. Six of the residence credit hours must be upper-level courses.

Emphases
At the undergraduate level, emphases provide an area of focus and a choice of options for more in-depth study within a bachelor’s degree program. Emphases are generally 9 to 12 credit hours (less than the requirements of a minor) and are designed to provide you with choices in a disciplinary area of interest. Consult with your academic advisors to design a degree plan that integrates one or more emphases in your degree program.