requirements for baccalaureate degree
Though appropriate UNCP faculty and staff make every
effort to ensure that students register for the courses required by their
chosen degree program, the ultimate responsibility for meeting graduation
requirements is with the individual student! Each candidate
for graduation must meet all of the following requirements:
- Have a minimum of 120 to 128 semester hours of
course work in accordance with specific degree requirements excluding
ENG 104, MAT 104, EDN 104
- Have successfully completed the General Education Program
- Earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in both English
composition courses, ENG 105 and ENG106;
- Have successfully completed a program for an academic major;
- Have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 2.0 and have
a minimum cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in all work attempted
at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke;
- Have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in the
major field of study;
- Complete a minimum of 9 semester hours above the General Education Program
level in the major field of study at UNC Pembroke if the student transferred
here;
- Be registered during the academic year in which the student's graduation
occurs;
- Complete the last 25 percent of course work in residence at UNC Pembroke;
- Count no more than 3 semester hours of activity courses toward the credit
hours required for graduation. Activity courses are defined as having:
no regularly scheduled class meeting time, no well-defined instructional
format, and no graded (A, B, C, D) work required. Excluded from this definition
are FRS 100 (Freshman Seminar), the 2 physical education courses required
for General Education, and supervised internship courses
- Count no more than 24 semester hours of correspondence and/or extension
credit (with no more than 12 hours of correspondence credit from regionally
accredited institutions toward a degree, provided that such correspondence
credit is approved by the Office of the Registrar and will not be applied
to satisfy specifically stated course requirements in major programs.)
(NOTE: Any student needing to take correspondence work after admission
to study at UNC Pembroke may be permitted to do so only after obtaining
formal approval from the students's academic advisor, from the Office of
Academic Affairs, and from the Office of the Registrar.)
- Meet the requirements of one catalog which were current at the time
the student entered this institution or a subsequent catalog. Students
will not be allowed to meet some of the requirements of one catalog and
some of the requirements of another catalog
- Meet the requirements of the catalog in effect at time of readmission
or those of a subsequent catalog if attendance is interrupted for more
than one semester
- Have recommendation of the faulty
- Make application for the degree by October 1st for the following spring
or summer commencement and March 1st for the following winter commencement
when earned hours reach 75 (end of first semester of junior year)
- Complete (including all required signatures) a Degree
Application Form
- Pay a non refundable graduation fee of $40.00 by the required date
or an additional $25.00 late filing fee will be charged
- If a candidate fails to qualify by the time of commencement, but
does qualify at a later time, the student must submit another application
and a $25.00 fee
- If the candidate fails to meet this requirement as specified, the
student must wait until the next commencement to receive his or her
degree
- Satisfy all financial obligations to the University
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