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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

1480 Semester Hours Requirement - Associate’s Level


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Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees and certificates are awarded each semester to those students who meet all graduation requirements. All students who have earned 30 semester hours are eligible for a graduation evaluation. Associate-level students are permitted to earn dual degrees only at two different associate degree levels (i.e. A.A., A.S., A.A.S.). Refer to 1440 Academic Residence Requirement .

Note: To be eligible for graduation in Nursing or Dental Hygiene, a student must make a minimum grade of “C” in all professional courses and in all basic science courses required by the program.

The semester hours for graduation are calculated as follows:

Semester hours included:

  • Academic credit (transfer and Georgia State) in which grades A, B, C, D, S, or P are earned (except as excluded below) and
  • Credit earned through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and any other approved credit-by-examination

Semester hours excluded:

  • All hours earned in courses that are repeated except the final attempt
  • Hours earned in courses with course numbers below 1000
  • Courses (transfer and Georgia State) that are required to meet Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) deficiencies
  • PCO 1010, PCO 1020  and PCO 1050
  • Physical education “skills” courses KH 1010 , KH 1020, KH 1030 (previous course prefixes: HPRD, HPRS, PE)

Questions may be directed to the Academic Records, Graduation Review and Diploma Services Office, 75 Piedmont Avenue, registrar.gsu.edu/graduation/.