Southeast Missouri State University

Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2007, Chapter Six: Degrees/Majors/Preprofessional Curricula

Baccalaureate Degrees

The following statements pertain to all baccalaureate degrees:

  • A minimum of 120 hours of undergraduate degree credit (courses numbered 100-599) is required.
  • The University Studies Program, consisting of 48 hours, is required.
  • A minimum of 56 hours must be earned at an accredited senior college or university.
  • A minimum of 30 hours must be completed in residence at Southeast.
  • A minimum of 30 hours of senior college courses (300-599) must be completed after completion of 45 hours.
  • Required completion of Student Transitions Career Proficiency Checks CL 001, CL 002, CL 003, and CL 004.
  • Required completion of WP 003 and, at the senior level, the California Critical Thinking Skills Test.
  • No more than one-half of the junior college and one-half of the senior college work on a major or minor may be taken by correspondence and/or extension.
  • The student's last term must be completed at Southeast, except that, in the case where six or fewer hours are needed to meet the total number of hours required for graduation, they may be taken at another accredited college or university, or by extension or correspondence subject to the rules governing extension courses and transfer of credit.
  • A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for graduation, except for the B.S. in Education, the B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences Education, the Bachelor of Music Education, the major in Communication Disorders, the major in Mass Communication and the major in Interdisciplinary Studies, which require a 2.5 GPA for graduation and the major in Social Work which requires a 2.25 GPA for graduation.
  • A minimum 2.0 GPA for all of the degree credit attempted at Southeast is required.
  • For all degrees which require a major, a minimum 2.0 GPA must be earned in those courses counted on the major, except for Business Administration majors which require a 2.25 GPA, majors on the Secondary Education degree, the Mass Communication major and the Health Management major which require a 2.5 GPA, the Communication Disorders major which requires a 2.75 GPA, and the 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Art majors and BFA-Performing Arts major and all Music majors which require a 3.0 GPA.
  • A minimum 2.0 GPA must be earned in those courses completed at Southeast that are counted on the major.
  • When applicable, a course may be counted toward more than one requirement, e.g., University Studies, major and minor.
  • The student must pass EN 099 or EN 110; and MA 095 or score at the appropriate levels on placement tests to have the courses waived.

NOTE: There may be additional specific graduation requirements for individual programs. Further information is available in the College Advising Offices.