BYU-Idaho Students

We serve PWOL students. These students are studying BYU-Idaho certificates and degrees, but are serviced by us

• • PWOL students use Degree Planner to plan and register for courses

  • ONLN students are served by BYU-Idaho. If you are contacted by a current ONLN student, direct them to BYU-Idaho Advising. ONLN students do not use Degree Planner or the student portal. 

• We can find basic information for PWOL students in PATH 

University Requirements

This will show everything the university (BYU-Idaho) requires of all students who are enrolled in their degree programs.

GPA and Credit Requirements

There are 4 columns in this section. Similar columns are at the end of each section.

The first column shows your required GPA as well as your current GPA.

• The required GPA is set by BYU-Idaho and cannot be changed or adjusted in any way.

The second column shows any required Residency GPA.

• This is the GPA of courses taken from BYU-Idaho. BYU-Idaho does not have a requirement for a Residency GPA, so the requirement is listed as 0.00.

The third column shows the Credit Hour requirement for your degree at BYU-Idaho. All students will declare a bachelor’s degree program regardless of whether they are only working towards an associate degree or a certificate. This means that the numbers in this column will only reflect the bachelor’s degree requirements.

• The number below the Credit Requirement at BYU-Idaho is the total number of credits you have earned through transfer courses and residency courses from BYU-Idaho combined.

The fourth column shows the total number of residency credit hours you must complete from courses offered through BYU-Idaho.

• For all catalog years, the required number of residency credit hours is 30 for a bachelor’s degree.

NOTE: Ensign College, Institute, and BYU-Pathway Worldwide courses are not considered residency courses at BYU-Idaho since these courses were not taken directly from BYU-Idaho.

Upper-Division Requirements

• Upper-division courses are courses with a 300 or higher in the course code.

• For all catalog years prior to 2023, the Upper-Division requirement is that the student must complete a total of 15 credits of upper-division courses in residency from BYU-Idaho. This means that all 15 upper-division credits must be taken directly from BYU-Idaho.

• For the 2023 catalog year and newer catalog years, the requirement was changed. The new requirement is that the students must complete a total of 30 credit hours of upper-division courses, but 15 of the 30 required credit hours can be transfer credits.

Religion Requirements

Cornerstone Requirement 

BYU-Idaho requires that specific religion courses be taken as part of your education at BYU-Idaho. The required religion courses are:

• REL 200C: The Eternal Family

• REL 225C: Foundations of the Restoration

• REL 250C: Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel

• REL 275C: Teachings of the Book of Mormon

Eternal Truths 

The recap of the completed credits in this section will show all of the religion credits that have been completed. If the courses from the Cornerstone Requirements are listed in this section as well, this recap will add the credits from the Cornerstone Requirement as well as the Eternal Truths requirement. In the image above, both REL 200C and REL 225C are listed in the Cornerstone Requirement as well as the Eternal Truths requirement. However, the credits will only count one time in the overall credit count. When you look recap of credit hours the student has earned, it shows they completed 24 credit hours, however, that number is overstated by 4 credit hours because REL 200C and REL 225C were counted twice. Please make sure to subtract any duplicate credits in this section in order to have a proper idea of the remaining religion requirement needed. 

General Education 

General Education Requirements are broken into the following categories:

• Quantitative Reasoning

• Writing

• College Success

• Leadership and Self-reliance

The student is required to take 1 math course, 2 writing courses, 1 college success course, and 5 leadership and self-reliance courses.

A minimum of 25 credit hours are required in the General Education section to fulfill graduation requirements.  

Degree Requirements 

In this section, the student will find the three certificates and the corresponding courses to complete those certificates. 

Other Courses Taken

The final section shows any elective courses a student has either completed through BYU-Idaho or courses transferred from a different institution that does not fill any of the other graduation requirements. These courses will be included in the overall credit count listed at the top of the Degree Audit. There is no requirement indicated in the “Other Courses Taken” section. 

Degree Planner

Degree Planner is broken into different sections to assist in planning the courses and registering. These sections include:

• Building a Degree

• My Plan

• Registration

• Transfer Credits

• My Portal

Degree Planner is designed with a Certificate First Model. This means the students will complete requirements in a specific order by earning three certificates as part of their degree.  

Degrees and Certificates offered through the partnership with BYU-Idaho

Certificates

Degrees