Graduation Requirements

To be eligible to graduate from an associate degree program, students must fulfill the following graduation requirements:

• Completion of all program requirements within seven years of admittance to St. Catherine University
• Completion of liberal arts and sciences core requirements
• Completion of the residency requirement of 30 semester credits in residence
• Completion of all professional courses within five years of beginning the sequence
• A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0
• Completion of an Intent to Graduate form

Certificates

• Completion of certificate requirements
• A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0

Baccalaureate Degree Programs in the College for Women

Candidates for a B.A. or B.S. degree must fulfill the following graduation requirements:

• A minimum of 130 semester credits including:
  1. completion of the liberal arts and sciences core requirements for either the B.A. or B.S. degree, as appropriate to the major;
  2. acceptance into and completion of the requirements for an approved major
• Completion of the residency requirement of 48 of the last 64 semester credits in residence (applies to students seeking their first or second bachelor's degree)
• Completion of an Intent to Graduate form
• A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0

Baccalaureate Degree Programs in the College for Adults

Candidates for a B.A., B.S. or B.S.N. degree must fulfill the following graduation requirements:

• A minimum of 120 semester credits including:
  1. completion of the liberal arts and sciences core requirements for either the B.A., B.S. or B.S.N. degree, as appropriate to the major;
  2. acceptance into and completion of the requirements for an approved major
• Completion of the residency requirement of 48 of the last 64 semester credits in residence¹ (applies to students seeking their first or second bachelor's degree)
• Completion of an Intent to Graduate form
• A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0