Section 2.03.04: Undergraduate Degree Requirements
SUBJECT: Undergraduate Degree Requirements
SOURCE: Memorandum from Senior Vice Chancellor to Chief Academic Officers,
June 5, 1996
PROCEDURES
Baccalaureate Degrees:
A baccalaureate degree must contain a minimum of 120 semester hours. Baccalaureate degree programs also have a maximum of 120 semester hours (exclusive of physical education activity/basic health or orientation course hours that the institution may require).
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
A minor must contain 15 to 18 semester hours of coursework with at least 9 hours of upper division coursework. Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas A through E may not be counted as coursework in the minor. Courses taken in Core Area F may be counted as coursework in the minor.
Exceptions to the maximum degree length requirements indicated above may be made only with approval of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Associate Degrees:
An associate degree must contain a minimum of 60 semester hours.
Associate of Arts and Associate of Science transfer degrees have a maximum of 60 semester hours (exclusive of physical education activity/basic health or orientation course hours that the institution may require).
Associate of Applied Science degrees and Associate of Science career degrees in allied health and nursing have a maximum of 70 semester hours (exclusive of physical education activity/basic health or orientation course hours that the institution may require. These degrees must contain a minimum of 20 semester hours of general education.
Exceptions to the maximum degree length requirements indicated above may be made only with the approval of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Last Updated: 11/10/1996
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