Graduation Requirements

There are specific requirements in order to be eligible to graduate from a CCS program.
1. The student must adhere to the required level of academic achievement for their degree program.

2. The student must earn a final total cumulative grade point average of 1.7 on the CCS college grade point scale.

3. The student must be in a good financial standing with all tuition and fees paid in full.

For Credit

1. Undergraduate certificate: completion of 12-15 undergraduate level credits in a prescribed curriculum

2. Diploma: completion of 30 undergraduate level credits in a prescribed curriculum

3. Associate degree: completion of 60 undergraduate level credits in a prescribed curriculum

4. Bachelor’s degree: completion of 120 undergraduate level credits in a prescribed curriculum

5. Master’s degree: completion of 36 graduate level credits in a prescribed curriculum

6. Graduate Certificate: completion of 12 graduate credits in a prescribed curriculum

7. Doctoral degree: completion of 40 doctoral credits in a prescribed curriculum

Course Levels

1. Undergraduate courses are numbered 100, 200, 300 and 400 and are all 3 credits

2. Graduate courses are numbered 500 & 600, all 3 credits

3. Doctoral courses are numbered 700, 800 and 900, all 4 credits

Non-credit

1. Course Certificate: Completion of an enrichment course. (Earns 2 CEUs)

2. Program Certificate: Completion of 8 CEUs in a prescribed curriculum

Some students may earn more credits than the degree program requires due to various factors such as electives, transfer credits, life experience credits, or other reasons.