General Education Requirements

In order to graduate from the College of Charleston, you must complete 122 credit hours with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

Within those 122 hours you will.complete general course work as required by the College, as well specified courses and concentrations within your declared major. Itemized here are.the hours and disciplines required to meet the College of Charleston's general course work requirements.

Completing the course work in 4 years' time would require a course load of 15 -16 hours per semester, although 12 hours is considered full-time. The number of hours taken per semester may be reduced if you take courses during the summer. It is wise to reduce your course load if you work 20 or more hours per week.To track your progress in meeting the general requirements of the College of Charleston as well as those course requirements for your major, please periodically review your degree audit on CougarTrail with your advisor.

Please refer to the Academic Policies section of the Undergraduate Catalog for details.