Graduation

Graduation exercises are held at the end of each spring semester. Those who successfully complete the degree requirements with a 2.00 or better grade point average are eligible to graduate. Some programs require that students earn a minimum grade of a "C" in certain courses taken in order to graduate with a degree/certificate in that program area. In order to successfully complete degree requirements, 15 of the final 23 hours of the total program must be completed at Southern.

Graduating students must complete an application for graduation to begin the evaluation process. Deadline dates for submitting applications are posted and the academic advisor will explain graduation check out procedures.

Those students completing requirements for the associate degree programs with a minimum of 3.40 cumulative grade point average are eligible to graduate with honors. Transitional studies courses in the less than 100 level series are not counted toward meeting graduation requirements and are not used in the calculation of the graduation grade point average.

Students in the Board of Governors Associate in Applied Science Adult Degree Completion Program are an exception to this policy. Per West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Board of Governors Associate in Applied Science Adult Degree Completion Program Administrative Guidelines, students transferring into this program must complete 12 hours at a regionally accredited higher education institution, including a total of 3 hours credit at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.