From the Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008

NOTE:    Please make an appointment with an Academic Advisor to determine requirements for each of the following degrees.

Dual Bachelor’s Degrees. If two bachelor’s degrees are conferred simultaneously, the student must complete a minimum of 30 hours beyond the requirements of the single degree. Degree audits must be filed in the office of each college advising center. Graduation will occur when the student has completed requirements for both degrees.

Double Majors. A student who fulfills the specified requirements for two different major fields authorized under a single degree, prior to graduation, has completed a double major. Both fields are recognized as majors on the student’s transcript.

Second Bachelor’s Degree. A second bachelor’s degree may be earned by completing a minimum of 30 additional semester hours as recommended by the chair/director of the student’s major program/department/school and subject to the approval of the appropriate college dean. Students earning second bachelor’s degrees subsequent to receiving the first bachelor’s degree are eligible for graduation with honors if they complete 60 or more hours at Texas State in pursuit of the second bachelor’s degree. Residency requirements (as indicated in the Undergraduate Catalog) apply except that the advanced semester hours required are determined by the dean.

For students who have already completed a first baccalaureate degree at an accredited college or university, with the approval of the department chair/school director and the college dean, the core curriculum requirements for that degree may be accepted in lieu of Texas State’s general education core curriculum. However, requirements associated with particular degrees, e.g., completion of the second semester of a modern language for a Bachelor of Arts degree, or Legislative requirements, e.g., history and government course requirements, must be included in an approved program for a second baccalaureate degree.

Time Limit for Earning a Degree. Students may graduate under the requirements for the degree set forth in the Texas State catalog in force during the session in which they first enroll, provided they graduate within six years from the end of the session. Transfer students who have been assigned a Texas State catalog based on their first semester at a Texas junior college have six years from the end of the semester upon which their catalog designation was based to graduate, not six years from their initial semester at Texas State. After the expiration of such a period of time, students may have to meet requirements outlined in the current catalog. “Requirements for the Degree” refers to the pattern of courses and grade-point averages required for graduation. It does not include other rules and regulations such as probation and suspension criteria, requirements for admission to courses or programs, etc.