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Graduation Requirements

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Undergraduate students must meet the graduation requirements, which are stated in the Undergraduate Bulletin issued for the year in which they entered Marquette. Substitutions or waivers for specific courses required for degree completion may occur, as determined by the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.

Students whose enrollment is interrupted for two or more consecutive terms normally must meet the requirements in the bulletin issued for the year in which they return to the university. The college may determine that a readmitted student will fall under a different set of degree requirements than the academic year in which he/she is readmitted.

It is the student’s responsibility to know and fulfill the requirements for graduation specified for the selected plan.

A candidate for a baccalaureate degree must meet the following graduation requirements to earn a Marquette undergraduate degree:

Grade Point

  • Earn a minimum grade point average of 2.000 for graduation (256 grade points).
  • Achieve a 2.000 grade point average in all courses in his/her major or minor.

Credit Hours

  • Earn 128 credit hours.
  • Complete a minimum of 60 Marquette credits.
  • Complete the final 30 credit hours needed with Marquette credits, unless those credits are earned in an approved study abroad program.
  • For B.S. degree: Complete a minimum of 32 credit hours in upper-division Marquette courses(lower-division courses are numbered 1000 to 2999; upper-division courses are numbered 3000 and above).
  • For B.A. degree: Complete a minimum of 42 credit hours in upper-division courses, ten of these credits may be non-Marquette credits (lower-division courses are numbered 1000 to 2999; upper-division courses are numbered 3000 and above).
  • Earn a minimum of 15 Marquette credit hours in the major (for a minor, a minimum of 9 credits must be Marquette credits).

University Core of Common Studies

  • Fulfill the requirements in the nine knowledge areas for the University Core of Common Studies.

College Curriculum

  • Fulfill the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science College Curriculum requirements for their degree.
  • Fulfill all of the requirements for at least one major offered in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Be in good academic standing in the College.

Other Requirements for Graduation

  • File a formal application for graduation at the college record’s office by the last day of advising week in the term prior to the term of graduation (November for May and August graduates; March for December graduates).
  • May graduates must attend Commencement exercises. Permission to be absent may be requested only for serious reasons by writing to the dean of the college by May 1.

Although most students can fulfill the University Core requirements, the College Curriculum and major requirements and take elective courses within 128 credits, certain combinations of major and minor fields may require more than the minimum. Students are urged, therefore, to consult an adviser before selecting a major and an optional minor.

It is the responsibility of students to know and to fulfill all university, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences and major department requirements (See the corresponding sections of this bulletin for additional information regarding the University Core of Common Studies, university graduation and residency requirements, College Curriculum requirements and department major and minor requirements).

 

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