Graduation Requirements: COAS (Second Bachelor's)

Consecutive Bachelor's Degree Beyond the First Bachelor's Degree

• Students may receive additional baccalaureate degrees beyond the first degree in cases where a bachelor's degree has already been awarded. University policy prohibits the awarding of more than one degree from the same degree program due to the overlap of core requirements of that degree program.
• A student completing a second bachelor's degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in residence, a new major (including computer competency), a new minor, satisfy the Civic Literacy requirement, and demonstrate satisfaction of the College of Arts and Sciences' foreign language requirement.
• The additional 30 semester hours must be completed in residence after the completion of the first degree. Hours earned by the student during the completion of the first baccalaureate degree, over and above those actually required for the first degree, may not be included in the 30 semester hours.
• With regards to the major, students will be permitted to use the prerequisites and core requirements that had been completed in a prior bachelor’s degree, but any elective courses cannot be applied to the second bachelor’s degree.
• There are no General Education requirements for the second degree.
• Foreign language proficiency, once established, can be used towards the additional bachelor's degree requirements.