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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

1440 Academic Residence Requirement


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Associate’s Level

Academic residence is defined as being enrolled in one or more courses at Georgia State University; this is not to be confused with status as a legal resident of the State of Georgia for fee determination purposes. The minimum academic residence requirement for each baccalaureate degree is as follows:

  • For Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees, the candidate must earn 25% of the credit hours required for the degree at Georgia State with an average grade of at least a C (2.00 GPA);
  • For Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene, Nursing, and Radiologic Technology degrees, the candidate must earn 25% of their semester hours at Georgia State with an average grade of at least a C (2.00 GPA) and complete all professional curriculum as expected according to program requirements.

Transfer credit, credit by examination, credit by validation, CLEP credit, AP credit, IB credit, and courses specifically excluded by university policy cannot be used to meet the academic residence requirement.

Bachelor’s Level

Academic residence is defined as being enrolled in one or more courses at Georgia State University; this is not to be confused with status as a legal resident of the State of Georgia for fee determination purposes. The minimum academic residence requirement for each baccalaureate degree is as follows:

  • The candidate must earn 25% of the credit hours required for the degree at Georgia State with an average grade of at least a C (2.00 GPA); and
  • At least one-half of the hours comprising the major, at the 3000-4000 level must be taken at Georgia State.

Transfer credit, credit by examination, credit by validation, CLEP credit, AP credit, IB credit, and courses specifically excluded by university policy cannot be used to meet the academic residence requirement.