Graduation Requirements

Residency Requirements

To qualify for graduation with a bachelor’s degree, a student must have been in residence at Texas State for at least two long (fall or spring) semesters or 30 weeks in summer terms. A student must also complete, through Texas State coursework, at least 25 % of the minimum number of semester hours required for the degree; within this requirement, at least 24 semester hours must be advanced and at least six hours of the advanced work must be completed in the major at Texas State. Additionally, at least 24 semester hours of the last 30 hours completed that are required for the degree must be taken at Texas State. Correspondence, extension, and off-campus coursework completed through Texas State may be applied toward residency requirements. Credit-by-examination may not be applied toward residency. Additionally, business students must complete 50% of their business courses in residence at Texas State.

Minimum GPA Requirements

Business Majors

Texas State GPA of 2.00
GPA of 2.25 in the major (common business core, department major courses and restricted advanced business electives).

For Management Majors with Teacher Certification ONLY, Additional Graduation Requirements

Texas State GPA of 2.50
Successful completion of student teaching
A grade of “C” in ENG 1310 and 1320, or their equivalents
A grade of “C” in Math 1315, 1319, or their equivalents
A grade of “C” in each course in the assigned professional education sequence
A grade of "C" in the major courses

Graduating with Honors

To be eligible for graduation with honors, a student seeking a bachelor's degree must have completed a minimum of 60 semester credit hours at Texas State preceding graduation. Calculation of the GPA to determine honors status is based on all Texas State work applied to the first bachelor's degree, including work completed in the final semester.

Honors begins with a 3.40 GPA and is designated by the following:

3.40-3.59 cum laude
3.6-3.79 magna cum laude
3.8-4.0 summa cum laude.

Hours earned through Texas State correspondence courses and extension courses are counted in the hours required to be eligible for honors and in the GPA calculation for honors. Hours earned through Texas State credit-by-examination, work/life experience, and other courses receiving “CR” (pass/fail) grades are counted in the hours required to be eligible for honors, but do not count in the GPA calculation. Remedial courses with a “CR” grade and graduate courses are not counted in either the hours required or the GPA calculation for honors.

Transfer students who have earned at least 60 semester hours at Texas State are eligible to graduate with honors if their Texas State GPA meets the above criteria. Students earning second bachelor's degrees are eligible for graduation with honors if they complete 60 or more hours at Texas State in pursuit of the second degree.