Associate Degree Requirements

You will receive your associate degree after you:

  1. Complete a minimum of 60 semester hours of prescribed and elective college credit. See the academic programs section of this catalog for the specific requirements of your associate degree program. A prescribed program is not required for the Associate of University Studies degree.
  2. Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all work at the University.
  3. Complete at least 16 semester hours at Morehead State University, including one semester preceding graduation. Correspondence courses do not satisfy this requirement.
  4. Complete the three credit hour course FYS 101: First Year Seminar course during the student's first academic year if the student begins as a freshman or transfers to MSU with less than 24 credit hours.
  5. For students with 24 or more transfer credit hours, the FYS 101 requirement is waived but the student must complete an additional course in SBS I or SBS II to meet general education requirements.
  6. Complete 15 semester hours of general education requirements as follows: