Brigham Young University-Idaho was founded and is supported and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its mission is to develop disciples of Jesus Christ who are leaders in their homes, the Church, and their communities.
The university does this by:
Building testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and fostering its principles in a wholesome academic, cultural, and social environment.
Providing a high-quality education that prepares students of diverse interests and abilities for lifelong learning and employment.
Serving as many students as possible within resource constraints.
Delivering education that is affordable for students and the Church.
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
A Degree Audit details the student's graduation requirements for their selected degree. It will list the total number of credits required, the residency requirements, and the course requirements for the degree they have declared.
Students will need to use both their Degree Audit as well as their Degree Planner to plan their studies accurately.
Please watch the BYU-Idaho Using the Degree Audit Tool to learn how to read and interpret a Degree Audit. You may send this video to students when needed.
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.
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 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.
In this section, the student will find the three certificates and the corresponding courses to complete those certificates.
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 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.
Through BYU-Pathway Worldwide, BYU-Idaho and Ensign College now offer 90–96 credit degrees, allowing students to finish an online bachelor’s degree in three years! The optimized degree program saves you time and money by eliminating elective credits.