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The Western Edge Graduation Compact

What are the requirements?

WMU pledges that you will have the courses available to you to graduate in four years (or five years for students in highly rigorous professional majors and programs) if you meet the following conditions: 

• Meet with an advisor every semester in order to develop and monitor your graduation course plan. Register on time for the courses that fit your plan.
• Complete at least 30 credit hours or more in good standing per academic year, which may include summer school.
• Select your major and minor before or upon completing your first 30 credit hours and stick with them (or earlier for highly structured programs), then maintain the grade point averages and other academic standards required by the major, the college, and the University.
• Be committed and be flexible. You may need to take a class at a time that isn’t convenient, or be willing to substitute a course for one that is unavailable during a given semester or time of day.

Do note that this program does not guarantee that you will be admitted into limited admission majors, programs, departments or colleges, and assumes adequate high school preparation and successful completion of major course requirements. Some programs also require a separate application process to be eligible for admission.