WOU AB DAY

Jie Liu, Ph.D.Professor Computer Science DivisionWestern Oregon University

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THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING

Professor Don Kraus for organizing this

Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dr. Sue Monahan for supporting our efforts with real $$$

Ms. Sarah Alvarado for working out all the details

Dean of Computer Information Systems at Chemeketa Community College Ms. Robyne Taylor for bringing you all here to visit us

LBCC Professor Joseph Jess for joining us with a very short notice

WOU professor and staff who have worked on this event

And last but not least, you all, the students, for coming

SOLUTION AN AB DEGREE FROM WOU

WHY COLLEGE

Story #1 – From a technician to an engineer in HP, 15 years in the making

Story #2 – Steve Bissle’s answer to the question why he only hires college graduates

AB (APPLIED BACCALAUREATE) DEGREE IS AN AWESOME DEAL

For “adults who already hold an associate’s degree and now desire to pursue a bachelor’s degree in order to” advance or change their careers.

The Associate degree is commonly the Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

You have to apply and be admitted – there is a special form for this

In a nut shell AB = AAS + Applied Baccalaureate Core Curriculum + Major requirement (more on this one later)

Also in a nut shell, you get a bachelor’s degree in as little as two years

DETAILED AB REQUIREMENTS

180 hours: Minimum of 180 credit hours including 62 upper-division

C or better: Minimum of 2.00 (C) grade point average (GPA) in all work completed at WOU

Residence: minimum of 45 of the last 60 credit hours completed through WOU

Max 124 transfer credits: Maximum of 124 community college transfer credits including vocational technology

AB Core Curriculum: completion of 36 credit hours as outlined in the section on undergraduate programs

Academic major: 55-75 credits; minimum of 36 upper-division credits

Academic minor: optional; minimum of 12 upper-division credits unless otherwise stated

AB CORE CURRICULUM

AB CS

AB IS