{"id":54162,"date":"2013-07-04T21:28:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=54162"},"modified":"2024-04-20T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:38:17","slug":"academic-residency-requirement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/academic-residency-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Residency Requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Undergraduate<\/h2>\n<p><i>Effective\u00a0January 1, 2024<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For students who matriculate as first-year students at one of Boston University\u2019s full-time on-campus schools\/colleges, a minimum of 68 Boston University units are required for the undergraduate degree. For students who transfer into one of Boston University\u2019s full-time on-campus schools\/colleges, a minimum of 60 Boston University units are required. For students enrolled at Boston University\u2019s Metropolitan College, a minimum of 48 Boston University units are required. More than that minimum may be required for completion of a student\u2019s chosen program of study. &#8220;Boston University units&#8221; include those earned in Boston University summer courses and Boston University study abroad programs. Exceptions to the residency requirement may be granted on a petition basis by the Undergraduate Academic Exceptions Committee. This policy applies to all Boston University undergraduate students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate Effective\u00a0January 1, 2024 For students who matriculate as first-year students at one of Boston University\u2019s full-time on-campus schools\/colleges, a minimum of 68 Boston University units are required for the undergraduate degree. For students who transfer into one of Boston University\u2019s full-time on-campus schools\/colleges, a minimum of 60 Boston University units are required. For students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2696,"featured_media":0,"parent":36244,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54162"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94050,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54162\/revisions\/94050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}