Post-Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

A post-baccalaureate (or post-bacc) degree is an additional degree earned at the baccalaureate (bachelor's) level after a first bachelor's degree has already been completed. You must be admitted to the University with post-baccalaureate status in order to pursue this additional degree.

This degree is distinguished from multiple majors within a single degree. For information regarding completion of multiple majors within a first bachelor’s degree, see Standards Governing the Completion of a Major.

You may earn a second bachelor’s degree by completing at least 45 credits as a matriculated student at 网易彩票下载 after your first bachelor’s degree has been awarded. 你必须被专业录取, and the date of acceptance determines the 本科目录 under which major requirements will be applied. Stay on track to graduate by following this graduation requirements checklist 专为学士学位后的学生而设.

A second degree is subject to the following conditions:

If you earned your first degree at SPU:

• Of the 45 credits required for the second degree, you may earn up to 15 credits prior to the granting of the first degree, provided the credits are in excess of the minimum (usually 180 credits) required for the first degree. 在这种情况下, you may be required to complete fewer than 45 credits for the second degree, 但不少于30学分.
• You must earn at least 15 of the credits for the second degree at SPU after matriculation as a post-baccalaureate student.
• You must earn at least 15 upper-division credits in the major at SPU after matriculation as a post-baccalaureate student.
• No more than 15 credits taken as a non-matriculated student may apply toward the additional bachelor’s degree.
• 所有 specified requirements for the second degree must be fulfilled, including all requirements in the major.
• 所有 standards governing completion of a major 适用于第二学位.
• 信贷限制 pertain to a second bachelor’s degree as well as a first degree.

If you earned your first degree at another institution:

• You must earn at least 45 credits toward the second degree at SPU if you have not previously earned credit as a matriculated SPU student.
• You must earn at least 30 of the required 45 credits at SPU if, at some prior point, you matriculated at SPU.
• No more than 15 credits taken as a non-matriculated student may apply toward the additional bachelor’s degree.
• You must earn at least 15 upper-division credits in the major at SPU after matriculation as a post-baccalaureate student.
• 你必须修满5个学分 in Christian Scripture or 基督教神学 at SPU.
• You must fulfill all specified requirements for the second degree, including all requirements in the major.
• 所有 standards governing completion of a major 适用于第二学位.
• 信贷限制 pertain to a second bachelor’s degree as well as a first degree.