Courses of Study/Assessments

As a competency-based university, WGU does not award credit. Instead, progress through your program is determined by demonstrating your competence through carefully designed assessments and completion of a portfolio and a capstone project. Students complete the courses of study/assessments listed below in order to graduate. The assessments are required, while the courses of study are required only insofar that they help students to succeed on the assessments.

For ease of understanding, WGU has assigned competency units to its courses of study/assessments as indicated below. A competency unit is equivalent to a semester credit of learning. WGU terms are six-months in length. During a typical term, undergraduate servicepersons will be expected to complete 5 to 8 Competency Units (4 to 7 Competency Units for graduate programs). Grades are pass/fail; a "pass" at WGU is equivalent to a letter grade of "B" or better.

For more information about these courses of study/assessments, please see the Program Guide (PDF) or speak to your enrollment counselor.

Course Number	Course of Study/Assessments	Competency Units
EWOB	Education Without Boundaries	1
HMP1	Cases in Advanced Human Resource Management	3
ACP1	Cases in Advanced Accounting	3
MAP1	Cases in Marketing Management	3
BSO1	Advanced Business Concepts Part I	6
BUO1	Advanced Business Concepts Part II	6
CAPW	Written Capstone Project	3
CAPO	Capstone Oral Defense	3
Requirements that must be met prior to graduation
AWC1	Strategy, Doctrine, and Leadership	6
AWC2	International Security Studies	11
AWC3	Warfighting	10