General Requirements</p>
<pre><code>Satisfactory completion (a minimum adjusted grade point average of 2.0 on all courses used for liberal studies) of Florida State University’s Liberal Studies Program, thirty-six semester hours, as follows:
Area I. Mathematics (six semester hours)
Area II. English Composition (six semester hours)
Area III. History/Social Science (six to twelve semester hours)
Area IV. Humanities/Fine Arts (five to eleven semester hours)
Area V. Natural Science (seven semester hours)
For details, please see ‘The Liberal Studies Program’ of this chapter.
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<p>Satisfactory completion of Section 1007.25, Florida Statutes, the “Gordon Rule,” requiring specific coursework in composition and mathematics. Students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the use of spoken and written English in all of their courses.</p>
<p>Satisfactory fulfillment of the Florida CLAS requirement or approved alternative.</p>
<p>Satisfactory completion of major requirements in a chosen degree program, including additional requirements set by the college offering the degree. The student’s degree program will appear on the baccalaureate diploma. If a student satisfies all requirements for two majors, including admission, prerequisite, core, etc., both degree programs may appear on the diploma. A list of degree programs is available in the “Academic Degree and Certificate Programs” chapter of this General Bulletin.</p>
<p>A minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 on all coursework taken at Florida State University and an overall 2.0 average on all college-level work attempted.</p>
<p>Successful completion of a minimum of one hundred twenty unduplicated semester hours, only two hours of which may be in physical education activity courses.</p>
<p>Completion of at least forty-five semester hours in courses numbered 3000 and above, thirty of which need to be taken at this University.</p>
<p>Completion of the last thirty semester hours and half of the major course semester hours, in residence at this University. In cases of emergency, a maximum of six hours of the final thirty semester hours may be completed by correspondence or residence at another accredited senior institution with the approval of the academic dean. College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit earned may be applied to the final thirty hour requirement provided that the student has earned at least thirty semester hours credit at Florida State University.</p>
<p>Students who have entered a university in the State of Florida, Division of Colleges and Universities, with fewer than sixty hours of credit in the fall of 1976 or any time thereafter are required to earn at least nine hours prior to graduation by attendance in one or more summer terms at one of the eleven State of Florida senior institutions. The University President may waive the application of this rule in cases of unusual hardship to the individual. Students wishing waivers submit written requests giving the details of their hardships through their academic deans to the Dean of the Faculties. Students entering Florida State University beginning with Summer C 2002 will be exempt from the Summer term requirement if they have earned nine semester hours of credit through approved acceleration mechanisms as identified in Florida Statutes (AP, IB, AICE, CLEP, approved dual enrollment courses).</p>
<p>Satisfaction of the foreign-language admissions requirement by having two sequential units of the same foreign language in high school, or eight semester hours of the same foreign language in college, or documented equivalent proficiency</p>
<p>Successful completion of coursework constituting the student’s program of studies, minor, honors thesis, or certification examination does not guarantee the awarding of the baccalaureate degree. Faculty judgment of the academic performance of the student is inherent in the educational process in determining whether the awarding of the baccalaureate degree or admission into a higher level degree program is warranted.