1.4 Baccalaureate Degree Requirement

Statement

This document outlines changes in the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements, including the choice of catalog, the academic requirements, and the residency requirements.

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Entities Affected by this Document

• Academic Faculty
• Administrative Faculty

Who Should Read this Document

• President 
•  Provost
• Vice Presidents
• Provost Council
• Deans/ Directors
• Academic Faculty
• Administrative Faculty

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Contacts

Direct any general question about the Minor in Sociology, to your department's administrative office. If you have questions about specific issues, contact the following offices:

Patricia Ring
Registrar
Phone: (702) 992-2114
Email: Patricia.Ring@nsc.nevada.edu

Dr. Lesley Di Mare
Provost
Phone: (702) 992-2060
Email: Lesley.DiMare@nsc.nevada.edu

I. Choice of Catalog

A student enrolled at an NSHE institution may elect to graduate under the catalog of the year of enrollment in a baccalaureate-level program or the year of graduation. Students who change their majors must choose the catalog of the year of the latest change of major or the year of graduation. Whichever catalog is used, it cannot be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation. In the case of NSHE transfer students, any exceptions to this policy will be handled by the transfer agreement contract process.

II. Academic Requirements

In order to graduate, students are required to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, including all postsecondary coursework attempted. In addition, students must earn an Nevada State College overall GPA of at least 2.0. This requirement includes all repeated courses and excludes those courses in which the student has received marks of AD, I, NR, X, S, U and W (Audit, Incomplete, Not Reported, In Progress, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory and Withdrawal). Additional academic requirements may be established by the Dean of each school. A minimum of half of the required credits for a baccalaureate degree must be earned at a 4 year institution.

III. Residency

Candidates for a bachelor's degree at Nevada State College must complete 32 upper-division credits in residence. Resident credits are defined as regular classroom instruction, as well as correspondence courses and other distance education courses offered through Nevada State College.