Question about Credit Hours and Graduation

So, you can get up to 45 hours from AP credit.
That is completion of over 1/3 of the hours (120) needed to earn your degree.

Now, about double majoring:
“To earn a double major, dual degree or second major, a student must be certified for and graduate from all undergraduate programs of study at the same time.”
https://www.advising.ufl.edu/academicinfo/duals-and-doubles/

I want to know if they would make me graduate in, say, 3 years if I complete the 120 hours and class requirements by then. If this were the case, I would probably not be able to double major, because I would have 1 year less to work on my second major.

I just found this…
“Students must apply in the term in which he or she expects to graduate, regardless of applications in previous terms. If the student has completed all the requirements for degree, she or he will be required to graduate.”
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/graduation.aspx#appdegree
Well… what do you all think?
It doesn’t make sense that they would force me to graduate.

Also, you must take 45 or so credit hours at UF before you can apply for a second major.
By then, I’d have over 80 hours (67% of my degree)
So, I’d start being able to take my classes in my 3rd year, I think.

ANYHOW, I think one of the possible ways to remedy this situation is to put off math courses for a semester or two. Are students allowed to do this?

Maybe I could just hold off on taking one of the 4 required Math Electives until the 8th semester :slight_smile:

To qualify:
The Chemistry required coursework would be about 70 credits; Math’s is 40. Adding in the credits that general education take up, I’d be way past 120 credits.
Once I reach 120 credits and complete the required coursework for a degree, I’d have to graduate. So yeah, I guess what I said earlier is true. I’d have to be allowed to hold off on taking a math course until the final semester.

Are you allowed to not take math a semester if you’re a math major?

I think you’re over thinking this…kids graduate early or with dual majors all of the time (thanks to AP/IB/AICE/DE credits). It’s fairly common.

You’ll be able to work this out with your adviser.

Ok @Gator88NE, I think I am too :))