Graduation Requirements
Upon satisfactory completion of all requirements, students will be awarded the diploma or certificate earned.
- The candidate for graduation must satisfactorily complete the required number of semester hours* prescribed by the college for the degree or certificate he seeks. The required CORE COURSES for any program must be satisfactorily completed. TRANSFER CREDITS of the CORE COURSES will be accepted only by examination.
- The candidate must give evidence of a consistent Christian lifeĀ and faithful, effective Christian service.
- The candidate must settle all financial accounts.
- “Satisfactory completion” means a cumulative quality point average of at least 2.0. During the Junior and Senior years (after a student has completed 64 semester hours*), only grades of C or better are accepted toward the graduation requirements.
Graduation Academic Honors | Cumulative QPA |
Summa Cum Laude | 4.00-3.76 |
Magna Cum Laude | 3.75-3.51 |
Cum Laude | 3.50-3.26 |
Highest QPA in a class of at least three | Valedictorian |
Second Highest QPA in a class of at least three | Salutatorian |
*One semester-hour is equal to one fifty-minute class-period meeting each week for at least fifteen weeks.