Associates degree in General Studies

Georgian Court University has recently been approved to grant an Associates degree in General Studies.  As a former student who did not complete a Bachelor’s degree with us, you may qualify for this degree program if you are not enrolled in another higher education institution and meet, or are close to meeting, the associate degree requirements.

You may qualify for the A.A. in General Studies Degree Program if you meet the following requirements:

• You withdrew from Georgian Court University,
• You have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GCU GPA; and
• You have at least 60 total earned credits from all sources, including
  • at least 30 credits from GCU courses.
  • at least 9 credits from a discipline, major, or cognate. These 9 credits must be from required or elective courses within the corresponding major(s).
  • at least 45 credits from general education courses.  These 45 credits will include:  GEN101 Pathway to the Bridge and GEN199 WI: Discovering Self in the Universe (as required in accordance with the GCU policy for transfer  students), three credits in writing (EN111 Academic Writing and Research I or EN221 Honors Argument: Rhetoric & Research or equivalent), and one or more three or four credit courses in each of the following four GCU Bridge General Education categories: Quantitative Analysis, Religious Studies, Humanities, and Social Science.

If you would like to explore the possibility of receiving an Associates degree from Georgian Court, please fill out the form below.

Note that it may mean enrolling in one or more additional courses and clearing any outstanding balances on your account.