Baccalaureate Degree Graduation Requirements

Candidates for the bachelor’s degree must meet all the following requirements for graduation:

1. Complete the course of study for the degree program as set forth in the Catalog with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The baccalaureate degree requires the completion of a minimum of 120 hours, which includes:
   • General Education Core requirements of forty-one to forty-four (41-44) semester hours;
   • The B.A. degree requires a minimum of 6 hours of a foreign language at the intermediate level. International students seeking the B.A. degree who wish to use their native language to meet this requirement must take six hours of advanced level classes (300 level or above), or they may substitute upper level English literature courses to meet the B.A. degree requirement.
   • The B.S. degree requires MIS 110, MIS 220, or CS 110.
2. a minimum of forty-two (42) semester hours earned in courses numbered 300 or above;
   1. a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours for a major;
   2. a minimum of fifty-five (55) hours from a senior institution.
   3. A minor, while not required for graduation, usually requires a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours.
3. The last thirty (30) hours must be earned at the University of Tennessee Southern. At least twelve semester hours at the upper-division level in the major field must be earned at UT Southern.
4. A graduation fee.