Professional Studies Graduation Requirements

Overall Requirements for Graduation
Division of Professional Studies

Associate of Arts

• At least 60 credit hours are required for graduation.
• All students must meet Judson's 30 hour residency requirement (at least 20 of the last 30 hours must be in residency).
• Minimum cumulative and major GPAs of 2.0 are required for graduation.
• To be eligible for academic honors at Commencement, a student must complete 45 or more graded earned honors at Judson University and have a minimum summary GPA of 3.50.

Bachelor of Arts

• At least 120 credit hours are required for graduation.
• Students must successfully complete all major program courses at Judson; no major courses may be exempted or taken at another institution.
• All students must meet Judson's 30 hour residency requirement (at least 20 of last 30 hours completed must be in residency).
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required.
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 or higher in major program courses is required.
• To be eligible for academic honors at Commencement, a student must complete 60 or more graded earned honors at Judson University and have a minimum summary GPA of 3.50.
• A maximum of 30 hours of alternative credit may be accepted and can apply toward general education or elective requirements.
• A maximum of 8 hours in physical education activity courses may be applied toward graduation requirements. All activity courses may be repeated once for additional credit.¹
• A maximum of 8 hours (24 hours for music majors) of applied music may be counted toward graduation requirements.¹

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The Graduation Advisor may need to manually increase required hours if exceeded.

Bachelor of Arts
Non-Traditional General Education Requirements, No Degree

Important Notes

• Students must have earned a minimum of 40 credit hours of college work to enter a Bachelor's program in the Division of Professional Studies.

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A grade of C or better is required for all English Composition courses.

Bachelor of Arts
Non-Traditional General Education Requirements, With Degree

Students who have completed an Associate/Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution or who have graduated from Judson's Associate of Arts program will not need to complete any additional general education courses.