In order to graduate, a student shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 for the total of all college-level credit attempted at William Jessup University. Specific degree program requirements must be met, including appropriate internship requirements.
Minimum Credits for Graduation
Candidates for graduation must accumulate a minimum of 128 semester units according to the prescribed courses for the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, 64 semester units for the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree, and 24-32 units for a Ministry Certificate. All those who seek a degree from WJU must fulfill the University’s general education requirements, either by transfer credit or by courses taken in residency. At least half of the units required for a bachelor’s degree must have been earned at a four-year institution.
All those who seek a degree from WJU must fulfill the University’s general education requirements, either by transfer credit or by courses taken in residency. At least half of the units required for a bachelor’s degree must have been earned at a four-year institution. All course requirements must be completed by the last day of final examinations of the candidate’s final semester. All grades, including those for make-up of incompletes, and all transcripts of work attempted at other institutions must be on file in the Registrar’s Office before the start of the Spring semester.
All students must satisfy the current scholarship requirement. No degree, diploma, or certificate may be granted to a candidate unless all general core and department requirements have been fulfilled. If awarded in error or upon fraudulent claims which are discovered later, the degree, diploma, or certificate is immediately revoked.
Resident Credit
Resident credit means any course which is satisfactorily completed at WJU, except credit earned by special examination or correspondence courses. A minimum of 32 units must be completed in residency to receive a degree or diploma from WJU, and a candidate for graduation must complete the last 24 semester units in uninterrupted resident credit.
Conferring Degrees
Degrees are conferred three times a year – in August, December, and May – at the close of summer, fall and spring terms. The date of the diploma reflects that session during which the degree requirements were completed. One graduation or commencement ceremony is held each academic year at the close of the spring semester. Students who have completed all requirements at any time during the previous year are eligible to participate.
In order to maintain the integrity of honors granted, diplomas will be mailed after all grades are received for the semester of graduation.
If the original diploma is destroyed, a duplicate may be ordered by contacting the Registrar’s Office. There is a fee for the replacement diploma. The new diploma will have a reissuing date as well as bearing the signatures of the current officials.
