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Policies and Procedures Manual

03:01:02 Graduation and Degree Requirements

Revision Responsibility: Vice President for Student Services
Responsible Executive Officer: Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose

To outline graduation and degree requirements.

Policy

I. Requirements

Applications for graduation are processed through the department of Student Records. To be eligible for graduation and receive a degree or certificate from Walters State Community College, the student must:

  1. Complete all academic requirements for the selected degree/certificate program.
     
  2. Complete the minimum number of required semester hours for the selected program of study (minimum of 60 for associate’s degree).
     
  3. Earn an overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 in all college level courses with the exception of Associate of Science in Teaching (AST). Students seeking the AST degree must have an overall GPA of 2.75. (Only college-level courses taken at Walters State are used to compute the GPA for graduation).
     
  4. Fulfill all courses required for the program as outlined in the college catalog, with 25% of the total number of credits required for the degree completed at Walters State Community College. For the Associate of Applied Science Degree program concentrations in Engineering Technology, students are required to take a minimum of 12 semester hours of technical course work at Walters State Community College.

II. Other guidelines pertaining to graduation are:

  1. Transfer credits used to satisfy Walters State’s degree requirements will not be averaged with the student’s grade point average at Walters State for the purpose of calculating the graduation average, or calculating honors.
     
  2. Students graduating in the fall and summer semesters will attend the commencement exercises in December, unless special permission is granted by the department of Student Records. Students graduating at the end of the spring semester will attend the commencement exercises in May.
     
  3. Graduation honors are calculated at the end of the previous semester to be included in the graduation program, the graduation ceremony, and all news releases concerning graduation.

    05/16; 09/23