WOU AB DAY Jie Liu, Ph.D. Professor Computer Science Division Western 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 : credits; minimum of 36 upper-division credits  Academic minor : optional ; minimum of 12 upper-division credits unless otherwise stated

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