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Graduation Requirements

IIt is the student's responsibility to know and fulfill all degree/certificate academic requirements and graduation procedures. The advisor’s role is to assist the student in making decisions.

Although academic program requirements may change with each edition of the college catalog, students may graduate under the current program requirements or any program requirements in effect since their first enrollment. Students in a transfer program may change majors and may graduate under the current transfer program requirements or any transfer program requirements in effect since their first enrollment. Students whose enrollment has been interrupted for two years (or more), four successive semesters (excluding summers), must follow the graduation requirements of the catalog in effect at the time of reentry or any catalog published after reentry. Students entering Parkland College under Army Reserve and National Guard (ARNG) and/or Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Associate’s degree (SOCAD or CONAP) programs will be given opportunities to complete their programs under the conditions of their student agreements.

The grade point average used to determine eligibility for graduation in degree and certificate programs includes only courses that are counted for the degree/certificate. This grade point average is called the program GPA (see Grade Point Average).

• For A.A.S. degrees and certificates, required courses and all electives that are eligible to be counted for the degree/certificate will be included in the calculation. If a student takes more electives than are required for the degree/certificate, all eligible electives will be used in calculating the program GPA.
• For A.A., A.S., A.E.S., and A.F.A. degrees, all courses numbered 100-289 (except courses with ALS prefixes) with an even or zero middle digit will be included in the calculation.
• For the A.G.S. degree, all courses numbered 100-299 will be included in the calculation.

The program GPA will not include any courses numbered below 100 and above 299. The program GPA will include only courses completed at Parkland College. The college (cumulative) GPA is not used to determine eligibility for completion of a degree or certificate, but the college GPA may be used for financial aid eligibility and academic probation.

Graduation from any program at Parkland College requires a minimum program grade point average of 2.0. All associate’s degree programs (A.A., A.S., A.E.S., A.F.A., A.A.S., A.G.S.) require fulfillment of the constitution examination requirement.

Career program general requirements
Transfer program general degree requirements
General studies program requirements

The maximum amount of proficiency credit allowed toward a degree is 25 percent.

The student is responsible for specifying on the Petition to Graduate form the year of the catalog to be used for the determination of graduation eligibility.