University of Central Florida 2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Requirements for Graduation General Education Program Diversity Requirement Exit Exams Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement SUS Foreign Language Admission Requirement The Gordon Rule College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) Summer Attendance Requirement Admission to the Upper Division Graduation Application Deadline Grad On Track (GOT) Correspondence Courses Double Majors Double Degree/Second Baccalaureate Degree Dual Usage of Credit Hours

Requirements for Graduation

Students must fulfill both the requirements for a major and University requirements to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida. The student must:

Fulfill the requirements for the chosen major;
Earn a minimum of 120 unduplicated credit hours with at least a “C” average (2.0 GPA) for all UCF course work attempted. Some majors require more than 120 hours;
Earn at least 48 of these 120 credit hours in 3000-level courses or above (upper-division);
Earn a minimum of 30 of their last 36 hours in regular courses at UCF. Credit by examination may not be used to satisfy this requirement;
Earn a minimum of 25% of the total hours required for the degree in residence at UCF. For programs that require the minimum of 120 total hours, residency will be 30 hours. For programs that exceed 120 hours, the specific residency requirement increases proportionally and is listed with the requirements for the specific degree program;
Earn a minimum of 60 credit hours after CLEP credit has been awarded;
Apply no more than 45 credit hours in any combination of extension, correspondence, CLEP, University Credit by Examination and Armed Forces credits toward an undergraduate degree;
Fulfill the General Education Program requirements;
Fulfill the Gordon Rule requirements;
Fulfill the Foreign Language requirements as defined elsewhere in this section;
Fulfill the CLAST requirement;
Earn a minimum of nine credit hours during Summer terms, if applicable; and,
Be registered at UCF during the semester of graduation.

Degrees Awarded Posthumously

Students will be considered for posthumous degrees by the Commencement and Convocations Committee if they are in good academic standing at the time of their death, have a 2.0 GPA or better and are within at least 15 credit hours of completion of all requirements or are in the final term of completion of all their requirements.