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1. Students whose career associate degrees include
fewer
than 38 hours
of program-specific courses will need to make up the difference with
additional program-related lower division courses at Clayton State. (A
maximum of 38 hours of career courses will be applied to the B.A.S.
degree regardlessof thenumber of hoursactually taken.)
2. English courses lower than Business English andmathematics courses
lower than Applied Technical Math (or equivalent) will
not
count in the
38-hour career core.
3. Sometimes career courses can also count in Areas A-E. Students
should be aware that such courses cannot be counted in two places, so
if a career course is applied to Areas A-E, then the student may be
required to take additional career work to equal 38 semester credit
hours. (See item c. InNotesonAreasA-E.)
4. For transfer students, career coursesmay be entered on the transcripts
witha technology courseprefix (TECH).
5. Transfer studentsmay be required toprovideofficial coursedescriptions
or other documentation of course content to facilitate determination of
equivalency.
Classificationof Students
Class standingwill be determined at the end of each academic semester on
the basis of course credits completed. Courses numbered 0099 or less are not
included in the count of credits that determine a student’s classification. The
classification scale is:
Freshman.......................................................0-29 semester credit hoursearned
Sophomore ..................................................30-59 semester credit hoursearned
Junior...........................................................60-89 semester credit hoursearned
Senior ..................................................90 ormore semester credit hours earned
Senior classification is based on hours only and it is not necessarily a
reflectionon how close the student is to completing his/her currentmajor.
GradingSystem
Every course listed ona student’sofficial semester scheduleas of theend of
the schedule change periodwill be listed on the student’s permanent recordwith
some grade designation or symbol
,
even though the student may not complete
the semester‘swork.
The following grades are assigned and are calculated into grade point
average (GPA):
Numerical
GradeSymbol
Equivalent
A
excellent
4.00
B
good
3.00
C
satisfactory
2.00
D
minimumpassing 1.00
F
failure
0.00
U
unsatisfactory
0.00
WF
withdrew, failing 0.00
