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re-admitted, and if so, whether special conditions should be
required for re-admission. When students are re-admitted
after suspension, they are placed on probation for one
semester and may not be eligible for some forms of
financial aid.
NOTE: Federal regulations governing student financial aid
may differ from ACU policy. A student may be eligible to
attend ACU on academic probation but be ineligible to
receive federal, state or institutional financial aid based
upon a lack of satisfactory academic progress (SAP).
Consult the Student Financial Services Office.
Degree Requirements
Student Responsibility
This catalog is designed to make planning and scheduling a
degree program as simple as possible. Each student at Abilene
Christian University should keep in mind, however, that he or
she alone is ultimately responsible for understanding and
fulfilling all degree requirements. Students are responsible
for their own degree plans and for the completion of all
requirements for the degrees which they seek.
Catalog Year
Each student will be assigned a catalog year, which indicates
the set of requirements the student must meet in order
to graduate from ACU. A student may use any catalog year
that falls within the time the student attended ACU, from
the initial year of enrollment until the year of graduation.
However, a student may not use a catalog that is more than
six years old at the time of graduation. Thus, this catalog
expires in August 2015.
Note that each degree-seeking student must fulfill certain
requirement areas:
1. University Core requirements (including additional
requirements based on high school science and foreign
language)
2. Degree Core requirements
3. Departmental Core or special requirements (if specified in
the catalog)
4. Major requirements (including supplements)
5. Electives (to achieve minimum upper division and total
hour requirements)
Admission to Major
1. Curriculum and Instruction majors should apply for
admission to the Teacher Education Program with the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction during the
second semester of their sophomore year, or near the end
of their first semester at ACU if they are transfer students.
Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.70 for
admission into this program.
2. Social work and nursing majors must also apply for
admission to upper-division programs. (See department
sections of this catalog.)
3. See the appropriate departmental section for information
on admission to a specific major.General Requirements for Associate Degree
1. The associate degree requires a minimum of 64 semester
hours applicable to that degree.
2. A cumulative grade point (GPA) of at least 2.0 on courses
from ACU is required.
3. A minimum of 32 semester hours applicable to the degree
must be completed at ACU.
4. Admitted students who have not earned at least two high
school units of the same foreign language and at least one
high school unit each of two different sciences such as
biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science,
anatomy and physiology or any of the approved sciences
listed under Chapter 74 Curriculum Requirements,
Subchapter A, Required Curriculum and Subchapter B,
Graduate Requirements of the Texas Education Agency,
will have an admissions deficiency. A science subscore of
27 or higher on the ACT will also satisfy the high school
science requirement. Admission deficiencies may be
removed as prescribed in the section on general education
requirements.
5. Latin honors are not awarded for the Associate Degree.
General Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees
Graduation requirements include University General Education
requirements (made up of the University Core and the Degree
Core), major requirements (departmental requirements) and
electives. To determine the number of hours required for a
given degree in any major, add the University Core
requirements, the Degree Core requirements (BA, BBA, BFA,
BM, BS, BSN), the major requirements and electives, which
may be adjusted to reach the minimum number of hours
required for the degree sought. The BAS has its unique general
education and other degree requirements.
1. All degrees from ACU require a minimum of at least
128 semester hours applicable to that degree. Teacher
certification and certain other degrees may require more.
(See specific degree requirements.)
2. Each degree requires a major of at least 30 hours in
addition to the University Core requirements and the
Degree Core requirements.
3. A minimum of 18 hours in the major field must be upper
division hours, and at least 9 of these upper division hours
must be taken at ACU.
4. The University Core requirement is 41 hours for all
degrees other than the BAS, BFA, BM, BSN, for teacher
certification and cooperative degrees.
5.The specific Degree Core (BA, BBA, BFA, BM, BS, BSN)
requirement will be from 15 to 27 hours (see the specific
degree).
6. The maximum hours for a single major field is stated in the
guidelines for each degree.
7.No minor is required by the university. However, the major
field may require a minor or supporting courses outside the
major. Many departments offer minors of at least 18 hours,
and a student may elect to add a minor to any degree.
Minors have specific requirements (see the appropriate32
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