Degree Requirements BACCALAUREATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS Candidates for a baccalaureate degree shall complete successfully 120 credit hours, including the requirements for the Constellation LVC Common Learning Experience Program and the requirements for a declared major (students may pursue additional majors and minors as appropriate). Credit hours are accumulated in three separate categories: Constellation LVC requirements, major requirements, and electives. The Constellation LVC Program is that part of the curriculum shared by all students in all majors. The required courses reflect 41 credit hours. The major programs each require at least 30 credit hours of coursework. Electives are those courses selected by the student that reflect neither major nor Constellation LVC requirements. Candidates for the bachelor’s degree must complete 30 credits of coursework in residence. Coursework taken in all the College’s programs, including its sponsored study abroad or away programs and approved cooperative programs, qualifies as work done in residence. A minimum of 25 percent of any major or minor must be completed in residence. Departments may require that additional coursework is completed in residence if they so desire. Students are required to complete 300- and 400-level core coursework for the major in residence, unless otherwise approved by the applicable academic department. For first bachelor degrees, no more than 12 credits from student teaching, clinicals, practicums, and internships combined may be counted. Candidates for a degree must obtain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.000 and a major grade point average of at least 2.000. Additional majors and any minors also require a 2.000 grade point average. Additional program-specific requirements may also apply.
SECOND BACHELOR’S DEGREE REQUIREMENTS A person who has earned a bachelor’s degree from Lebanon Valley College or another regionally accredited college or university may earn a second bachelor’s degree by meeting the following requirements: 1.
A minimum of 30 additional undergraduate credits must be completed successfully at Lebanon Valley.
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All graduation requirements for the major of the second degree must be met satisfactorily.
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Coursework completed successfully as part of the first degree program may be used to satisfy the graduation requirements of the second major.
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No course already taken in the first degree program may be repeated in the second degree program.
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No more than three credits from student teaching, clinicals, practicums, and internships combined may be counted toward a second degree. To ensure maximum flexibility, if both degrees are completed at LVC, a maximum of 15 credits internships/student teaching may be counted between the two degrees.
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