Degree and Certificate Graduation Requirements

The Admissions and Records Office is the administrative unit responsible for implementing graduation policies. Each student seeking a degree or a certificate from Southwest Tennessee Community College must meet the following requirements:

Associate Degrees

• Be admitted to degree status at the College by fulfilling all requirements
• Earn a minimum of at least 60 college level semester hours of credit
• Satisfy all requirements of an Associate of Science (A.S.) or Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree area of interest or those of a specific Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree major as listed in the catalog
• Successfully complete all minimum degree requirements as specified for the degree by Tennessee Board of Regents policy
• For the A.A. degree, satisfactorily complete six (6) hours of a single foreign language
• For A.A. and A.S. degrees, complete high school unit requirements
• Have an accumulative grade point average of at least 2.0
• Be free of debt to Southwest
• Be approved by the faculty in the area offering the selected degree
• File an Application for Graduation with the Admissions and Records Office
• Take the required graduation examination and authorize the release of scores to the College

Technical Certificate

• Be admitted to either degree or non-degree status at the College by fulfilling all requirements
• Earn at least the minimum number of required semester hours of credit as stated in the catalog
• Satisfy all requirements specified in the College's catalog for the particular Technical Certificate
• Have an accumulative grade point average of at least 2.0
• Be debt free to the College
• Be approved by the faculty in the area offering the selected Technical Certificate
• File an Application for Graduation with the Admissions and Records Office

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