What are the requirements for graduation?
You must fulfill all General Education Requirements , the requirements of your major, and electives credits. The total of these three fields must be a minimum of 120 credits. You can find the General Education Requirements by clicking on the link above, or by reading John Jay Colleges Undergraduate Bulletin, which can be obtained in the Office of Admissions (Rm 4205 North Hall; 212-237-8865.
The University of Mississippi is a collection of 14 colleges and schools (nine on the Oxford campus and five at the Medical Center in Jackson), each offering different requirements for graduation. To find out about these requirements, contact the Academic Support Center or the dean of your student’s academic school. If your son or daughter has not declared a major yet, contact the Career Center for help in determining strengths and interests.
To graduate with an English degree, you must • accumulate 120 hours of coursework, • fulfill all of the requirements for the major, • complete all University and College requirements (such as the Core Curriculum or foreign language), and • earn a grade point average of 2.0 or better (both within and outside the major).
Graduation requirements are based on the State Board Rule adopted in 1997 that expanded educational programs to provide for four diploma tracks; two college preparatory programs and two technology/career programs. The college preparatory programs feature an emphasis on academic core electives. And in an alternate approach, the technology/career preparatory programs require a clustering of similar technology course offerings to better focus technical skill development. While all students must take and pass a number of required core offerings such as U.S. History, Personal Fitness, Citizenship and Economics, etc., individual programs of study require that students earn a certain number of Carnegie units in specific areas. Following are the requirements of each program. Core Study Areas CP CP+ TC TC+ (I) English/Language Arts* 4 4 4 4 (II) Mathematics* 4 4 3 3 (III) Science* 3 3 3 3 (IV) Social Studies* 3 3 3 3 (V) Health & Physical Ed. 1 1 1 1 (VI) Computer Technology and/or Fine Arts an
