Residency

The minimum academic residence requirement for each bachelor's degree is as follows:

• The candidate must earn 39 semester credit hours at Georgia State University in courses numbered 3000 or above with an average grade of at least a C (2.00 GPA).
• At least one-half of the courses comprising the major or 11 hours in the major, whichever is less, must be taken at Georgia State University.

No student will receive a bachelor's degree from Georgia State University who does not meet the minimum academic residence requirement. Credit by examination, credit by validation, CLEP credit, AP credit and courses specifically excluded by university policy cannot be used to meet the academic residence requirement.