General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must meet the following requirements in addition to the courses required by the bachelor’s degree program:

1. Complete a minimum of 120 credit hours, including at least 36 credit hours of upper-division courses (3000 and 4000 level course numbers). For any degree, at least 50% of a student’s major and minor core must be earned at Rochester College. In addition, once a student has reached senior status and completed 90 hours of coursework, no more than six hours of transfer work will be accepted. Transfer credit is not applied toward the calculation of students’ Rochester College GPA.
2. Achieve a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA.
3. Achieve a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in chosen major (specific majors may require a higher standard).
4. Demonstrate college-level writing proficiency by completing Composition A (ENG 1113) and B (ENG 1123) or their equivalents with a grade C or above. A grade of C- does not satisfy this requirement. Refer to the Rochester College Writing Proficiency Policy for complete information.