The College awards bachelors degrees, associate degrees, technical certificates and applied technology diplomas for satisfactory completion of a planned program of post-high school studies.

1. The following general requirements for graduation from St. Petersburg College must be met by all students who are candidates for the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Applied Science Degrees.
   
   
   1. Students must satisfactorily complete at least 120 hours of college-level credits. For residency purposes, at least 30 of the credit hours required for graduation must be earned at St. Petersburg College. Students who have left the College must be eligible to return for transfer credits to be accepted to meet graduation requirements. All other specific degree requirements must also be met. Credit awarded for college preparatory instruction (0000 designation courses) may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credits or the number of credits in residency required for a degree.
   
   
   
   2. For purposes of conferring a bachelor degree, students must complete at least 40 semester hours of courses numbered 3000 level or above. At least 30 of the 40 hours must be earned at St. Petersburg College.
   
   
   
   3. Fulfill all requirements for the chosen major.
   
   
   
   4. Students must generally achieve a grade point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all work at St. Petersburg College considered alone and for all work at the College and transfer credits combined, except for the College of Education, which requires that students achieve 2.5 or better average in all coursework. The quality point value of transfer work accepted by the College will be included in grade point average computations for all purposes including determination of achievement of the required 2.0 grade point average to be graduated from St. Petersburg College. Individual programs may require a higher grade point average for graduation.
   
   
   
   5. Students must complete the general education requirements for the Associate in Arts degree including any assessment of educational outcomes that are required by the College.
   
   
   
   6. Students must satisfactorily complete the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) unless exempt.
   
   
   
   7. Students must complete the writing (Gordon Rule) requirement (met with an AA Degree).
   
   
   
   8. Students must complete 2 credits/consecutive years of the same foreign language or American Sign Language in high school (documented by an official high school transcript) or 8-10 credit hours in the same language or American Sign Language at the college level. Students may also provide official proof of successful completion of CLEP or other proficiency examination. Students admitted without this requirement met must satisfy it prior to graduation for any bachelor’s program.
   
   
   
   9. Students have a 15-term period, beginning with the academic year of initial acceptance and enrollment into a specific baccalaureate degree at the junior level, in which to complete graduation requirements under the terms of the College catalog which was in effect at the time of their initial enrollment. However, students may opt to meet the program course requirements for any catalog year within the 15-term period based on advisement provided by the program director and/or the counselor/advisor. Students who have not graduated within the 15-term period will begin a new 15-term period upon their enrollment following the expiration of their previous 15-term period.
   
   
   
   10. Students must submit a graduation application to the campus Admissions/Registration Office. Graduation application deadlines will be published in the College catalog. Students must apply for graduation by the published deadline to be assured of final clearance for graduation, timely receipt of the diploma and participation in the graduation ceremonies. Late applications for graduation will be accepted until the last day of classes for the term in which the student wishes to graduate. However, students who apply late will not be listed in the graduation program and may not be able to order caps and gowns or participate in the graduation ceremonies.
   
   
   
   11. Special graduation requirements must be met for individual programs as follows:
       
       
       1. Bachelor of Science in Education - For graduation requirements, please refer to Section IV of Board Rule 6Hx23-4.72 College of Education Programs - Special Rules.
       
       
       
       2. Bachelor of Science in Nursing - completion of 40 semester hours of upper-division nursing coursework.
       
       
       
       3. Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Management - completion of a minimum of 21 credit hours in a single technical discipline, certificate or program of study.
       
       
       
       4. Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene – completion of 40 credit hours of upper-division dental hygiene coursework. Ten (10) credit hours may be earned by the presentation of a valid and current dental hygiene license, from the state in which the applicant is practicing.
       
       
       
       5. Bachelor of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology – completion of 40 credit hours of upper-division veterinary technology coursework. Ten (10) credit hours may be earned by transfer of AS degree credit hours in excess of 41.
       
       
       
       6. Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration – completion of 40 credit hours of upper-division public safety administration coursework.
       
       
       
       7. Bachelor of Applied Science in International Business
       
       
       1. Completion of 40 semester hours of upper-division international business coursework (6 credit hours of intermediate foreign language may be eligible to be counted towards this requirement).
       
       
       2. Two (2) semesters (6 credit hours) of the same intermediate college level foreign language (An Area Studies Course that compliments the foreign language, or Study Abroad Experience from a complementary SPC International Study Abroad Program may be eligible to be counted towards the Foreign Language Requirement).
       
       
       
       8. Bachelor of Applied Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics - completion of 40 semester hours of upper-division orthotics and prosthetics coursework.
          
          
       9. Bachelor of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies - completion of 40 semester hours of upper-division Paralegal Studies coursework.
          
          
2. The following general requirements for graduation from St. Petersburg College must be met by all students who are candidates for the Associate in Arts degree:
   
   
   1. Students must satisfactorily complete at least 60 hours of college-level credits. At least 25 percent of the credit hours required for graduation must be earned at St. Petersburg College. Students who have left the College must be eligible to return for transfer credits to be accepted to meet graduation requirements. All other specific degree requirements must also be met. Credit awarded for college preparatory instruction (0000 designation courses) may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credits or the number of credits in residency, required for a degree.
   
   
   
   2. Students must achieve a grade-point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, for all work at St. Petersburg College considered alone and for all work at the College and transfer credits combined. The quality point value of transfer work accepted by the College will be included in grade point average computations for all purposes including determination of achievement of the required 2.0 grade point average to be graduated from St. Petersburg College.
   
   
   
   3. Students must satisfactorily complete the general education requirements for the Associate in Arts degree including any assessment of educational outcomes that are required by the College.
   
   
   
   4. Students must satisfactorily complete the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), unless exempt.
   
   
   
   5. Students have a 15-term period, beginning with the academic year of initial enrollment, in which to complete graduation requirements under the terms of the College catalog which was in effect at the time of their initial enrollment. However, students may opt to meet the program course requirements for any catalog year within the 15-term period based on advisement provided by the program director and/or the counselor/advisor. Students who have not graduated within this 15-term period will begin a new 15-term period upon their next enrollment following the expiration of their previous 15-term period.
   
   
   
   6. Students must submit a graduation application to the campus Admissions/Registration Office. Graduation application deadlines (usually the Friday of the 4th week of classes) will be published in the College catalog. Students must apply for graduation by the published deadline to be assured of final clearance for graduation, timely receipt of the diploma and participation in the graduation ceremonies. Late applications for graduation will be accepted until the last day of classes for the term in which the student wishes to graduate. However, students who apply late will not be listed in the graduation program and may not be able to order caps and gowns or participate in the graduation ceremonies.
   
   
   
3. The following general requirements for graduation from St. Petersburg College must be met by all students who are candidates for the Associate in Science or Associate in Applied Science degree:
   
   
   1. Students must satisfactorily complete the general education requirements for the Associate in Science or Associate in Applied Science degree including any assessment of educational outcomes that are required by the College. Students must satisfactorily complete 25 percent of the semester hours required for graduation at St. Petersburg College including at least 12 credit hours in the major.
   
   
   
   2. Students must satisfactorily complete the Associate in Science or Associate in Applied Science degree End of Program Assessment.
   
   
   
   3. Students must achieve a grade point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, for all work at St. Petersburg College considered alone and for all work at the College and transfer credits combined. The quality point value of transfer work accepted by the College will be included in grade point average computations for all purposes including determination of achievement of the required 2.0 grade point average to be graduated from St. Petersburg College.
   
   
   
   4. Students have a 15-term period, beginning with the academic year of initial enrollment, in which to complete graduation requirements under the terms of the College catalog which was in effect at the time of their initial enrollment. However, students may opt to meet the program course requirements for any catalog year within the 15-term period based on advisement provided by the program director and/or the counselor/advisor. For students in limited enrollment programs, students must receive approval from the appropriate program director. For students enrolled in linkage programs, the 15-term period begins with their initial enrollment at their local college. Students who have not graduated within this 15-term period will begin a new 15-term period upon their next enrollment following the expiration of their previous 15-term period. In each of the selected admission A.S. degree programs, students have a 15-term period, beginning with the session of initial enrollment into the program, to complete the specialty courses required for the degree.
   
   
   
   5. Students must submit a graduation application to the campus Admissions/Registration Office. Graduation application deadlines (usually the Friday of the 4th week of classes) will be published in the College catalog. Students must apply for graduation by the published deadline to be assured of final clearance for graduation, timely receipt of the diploma and participation in the graduation ceremonies. Late applications for graduation will be accepted until the last day of classes for the term in which the student wishes to graduate. However, students who apply late will not be listed in the graduation program and may not be able to order caps and gowns or participate in the graduation ceremonies.
   
   
   
4. The following general requirements for completion must be met by all students who are candidates for College Credit Certificates or Applied Technology Diplomas:
   
   Candidates must achieve a 2.0 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale in all coursework applicable to either the College Credit Certificate or Applied Technology Diploma.
   
   
   
   

For information about the graduation ceremony at SPC and how graduates can participate, visit the Graduation web page.