Degrees and Certificates
A student may be awarded a degree or certificate upon satisfactory completion of the student’s program requirements as specified by the College. A student must complete current program requirements for a degree/certificate if their enrollment has been interrupted for one year or more.
A student must:
- Satisfactorily complete an approved program of study;
- Earn a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in all courses attempted at the College. The calculation of the grade point average for graduation shall not include grades earned in transfer credit courses. A course may be counted only once for purposes of meeting graduation requirements, unless the course has been approved by the Alabama Community College System as being repeatable for credit;
- Complete at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the semester credit hours required in the program through course work from ESCC;
- Transfer into Enterprise State Community College only credit hours that represent coursework relevant to the degree, with course content and level of instruction resulting in student competencies at least equivalent to those of students enrolled in the undergraduate degree programs of the College. In assessing and documenting equivalent learning and qualified faculty members, the College may use recognized guides that aid in the evaluation for credit. Such guides include those published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, the American Council of Education, and the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs;
- Submit a formal online application for graduation in accordance with institutional policy;
- Fulfill all financial obligations to the College; and,
- Meet graduation requirements for the appropriate catalog. Students are guided by the Enterprise State Community College catalog in effect their first term of enrollment as long as they maintain continuous enrollment (except summer term). Students may elect to be guided by a new catalog during their continuous enrollment period. Breaking continuous enrollment will result in students being guided by the catalog in effect the term they re-enroll. Students who change majors will be guided by the catalog in effect at the time the new major is declared.
Enterprise State Community College awards the Associate in Arts, the Associate in Science, and the Associate in Applied Science degrees, the certificate, and the short-term certificate. The Associate in Arts and Associate in Science Degrees are awarded to students completing a university parallel course of study and the general education program.
The Associate in Applied Science degree, the certificate, or the short-term certificate is awarded to students who satisfy the requirements of a specific career program outlined in this Catalog and Student Handbook and is awarded in the particular program of study.