Graduation

Licensure
Degrees
Approved Electives
Choice of Catalog
Graduation Honors
Developmental Courses
Multiple Degrees

Licensure

Eastern Arizona College offers various certificates and programs that enable the student to test for licensure. Eastern Arizona College makes no guarantee, either implied or stated, that you will pass any licensing test. Also, please be aware that any past criminal record may have an impact on your eligibility for licensure. You should investigate licensing requirements before entering a course of study.

 

Degrees

Eastern Arizona College grants the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Business (ABus), Associate of Science (AS), Associate of General Studies (AGS) and the Associate of Applied Science degrees (AAS).

Specific course requirements for each of the degrees offered by Eastern Arizona College are identified in the curriculum section of this catalog. Please refer to the major you intend to pursue at EAC for specific graduation requirements.

 

Approved Electives

EAC degree programs that are designed to transfer to all of Arizona’s public universities require you to select your electives from the courses listed in the Arizona Higher Education Course Equivalency Guide (CEG).  Additional detailed information is available there.

Select courses from the list for the academic year in which you will be taking the class. For example, if you are planning to take ART 101 as an elective in the 2007-2008 academic year it must be included on the list of approved electives for 2007-2008. Only courses on the approved list for the academic year in which you take the class can be counted toward degree completion.

Approved Courses  Select the Eastern - Elective or Better Report 

 

Choice of Catalog

Students maintaining continuous enrollment at any public Arizona community college or university may graduate according to the requirements of the catalog in effect at the time of initial enrollment or according to the requirements of any single catalog in effect during subsequent terms of continuous enrollment. Students may maintain continuous enrollment whether attending a single public community college or university in Arizona or transferring among public institutions in Arizona while pursuing their degrees.
 

1. A semester in which a student earns course credit will be counted toward continuous enrollment. Non-credit courses, audited courses, failed courses, or courses from which the student withdraws do not count toward the determination of continuous enrollment for catalog purposes.

Example A:
Admitted and earned course credit at a public college or university: Fall 2004 (Active). Continued at a community college: Spring 2005, Fall 2005 (Active). Transferred to a university: Spring 2006 (2004 or any subsequent catalog).

Example B:
Admitted and earned course credit at a public college or university: Fall 2003 (Active). Enrolled but earned all Ws or Fs: Spring 2004 (Inactive). Enrolled in audit courses only: Fall 2004 (Inactive). Nonattendance: Spring 2005 (Inactive). Transferred to a university: Fall 2005 (2005 or any subsequent catalog).

 

2. Students who do not meet the minimum enrollment standard stipulated in No. 1 during three consecutive semesters (fall/spring) and the intervening summer term at any public Arizona community college or university are no longer considered continuously enrolled, and must meet requirements of the public Arizona community college or university catalog in effect at the time they are readmitted or of any single catalog in effect during subsequent terms of continuous enrollment after readmission. Students are not obligated to enroll and earn course credit during summer terms, but summer enrollment may be used to maintain continuous enrollment status.

Example A:
Admitted and earned course credit at a public college or university: Fall 2003 (Active). Nonattendance: Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 (Inactive). Readmitted and earned course credit at a community college: Fall 2005 (Active). Transferred to a university: Spring 2006 (2005 or any subsequent catalog).

Example B:
Admitted and earned course credit at a public college or university: Fall 2003 (Active). Nonattendance: Spring 2004 (Inactive). Readmitted, earned course credit at a community college: Summer 2004 (Active). Nonattendance: Fall 2004, Spring 2005 (Inactive). Transferred to a university: Fall 2005 (2003 or any subsequent catalog).

 

3. Students admitted or readmitted to a public Arizona community college or university during a summer term must follow the requirements of the catalog in effect the following fall semester or of any single catalog in effect during subsequent terms of continuous enrollment.

Example:
Admitted and earned course credit at a community college: Summer 2002 (Active). Continued at a community college: Fall 2002, Spring 2003 (Active). Nonattendance: Fall 2003 (Inactive). Readmitted and earned course credit at a community college: Spring 2004 (Active). Transferred to a university: Summer 2004 (2002 or any subsequent catalog).

 

4. Students transferring among Arizona public higher education institutions must meet the admission requirements, residency requirements, and all curricular and academic requirements of the degree-granting institution.

 

Graduation Honors

Highest Honors - Granted to candidates for graduation who have, at the conclusion of their last completed semester, at least 30 credits at EAC with a 4.000 cumulative grade average.

High Honors - Granted to candidates for graduation who have, at the conclusion of their last completed semester, at least 30 credits at EAC with a minimum of 3.750 cumulative grade average.

Honors - Granted to candidates for graduation who have, at the conclusion of their last completed semester, at least 30 credits at EAC with a minimum of 3.500 cumulative grade average.

 

Developmental Courses

Credit earned for Developmental Classes which are numbered below 100 will not be counted towards degree completion, graduation honors or graduation Grade Point Average.

 

Multiple Degrees

Eastern Arizona College offers the Associate of Arts, Associate of Business, Associate of Science, Associate of General Studies and the Associate of Applied Science degrees. Once you have received one Associate Degree, one or more additional degrees can also be received by completing the additional degree requirements with a minimum of 16 additional credits beyond the first degree. With the exception of the Associate of General Studies (AGS) degree, degrees may be earned concurrently.