Program Forms & Resources

Accelerated dual degree programs may offer students the option of earning combined bachelor's, graduate, and professional degrees in an accelerated manner. No more than 15% of the required coursework may be used to satisfy the requirements of both degrees.

Dual degrees are the study of two complementary fields, enabling a student to pursue two existing degree programs simultaneously. Up to 20% of the total credits required for both degrees may be double-counted. The student must graduate with both degrees in the same semester.

A specialization is a focused area of study attached to a specific major, and is in addition to the course requirements for the major. Specialization within a degree program requires a minimum of 9 cred hours designated within a Regents-approved curriculum.

To add, delete, or change a specialization and accelerated or dual degree, please use the attached forms to submit your request. For more information or to learn more about the workflow, contact Student Success & Academic Programs at studentsuccess@ou.edu.

• Procedure to Create a Transcript Specialization
• Addition of Specialization
• Addition of Accelerated Dual Degree

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education mandate that all classes are expected to meet for sixteen weeks, and no institution, academic department, or individual faculty member is authorized to reduce the number of academic weeks in the standard semester without specific approval of the State Regents.  Those institutions that reserve the final week of the semester as a testing period shall ensure that all classes meet during the testing period.

The semester-credit-hour is the standard and traditional unit of credit used by the University of Oklahoma Health Campus in evaluating a student’s educational attainment and progress for all programs except the Doctor of Medicine Program, which awards credit on similar clock hour standards.  Following are the University of Oklahoma Harold Hamm Health Campus Credit Hour and Clock Hour definitions: 

1. One semester-hour of credit is awarded for completion of a course meeting for 800 instructional minutes (for example, 50 minutes per week for sixteen weeks), exclusive of enrollment, orientation, and schedule breaks.  Organized examination days may be counted as instructional days. 
2. Laboratory credit is awarded at a rate not to exceed one-half the instructional rate.  One semester-hour of credit is awarded for completion of a laboratory meeting a minimum of 1600 minutes (for example, 100 minutes per week for sixteen weeks).
3. Instruction offered through a combination of class and laboratory meetings would observe the standards set forth above on a pro rata basis. 
4. Clinical and internship credit is awarded in compliance with the individual program's approved accreditation standards. List of OU Health Campus College Accreditations.
5. The OU College of Medicine clock hour is awarded at the rate one-clock hour equals a minimum of 50 minutes of facilitated instruction time (including independent study activities). This approach is consistent with common medical school practices and is compliant with accreditation standards.
6. Block or alternative course schedules may occur within the dates set forth for a semester or summer session.  Courses offered during academic terms shorter than a semester will observe the same academic standards involving instructional hours per semester-credit-hour as those courses offered during a standard academic calendar.