Issuing Office

Registrar's Office

Affected Parties

Students

Policy Language

Once a student has declared his or her major through the registrar's, a Degree Completion Plan (DCP) may be retrieved at http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=2981. The student is required to follow the DCP for the academic year in which the declaration becomes effective.

Policy Rationale

None specified

Definition of Glossary Terms

None specified

Procedures

Grades of "D" are not acceptable in upper-level (300-400) courses within the student’s major. For certain majors, a grade of "D" is not acceptable in upper- and lower-level courses within the major.

If a major includes directed electives or support courses, it is possible to use them to also meet a general education requirement or a minor requirement. Courses cannot fulfill both a major requirement and a general education requirement.

A student with an already completed bachelor’s degree must take an additional 30 hours or more in order to earn a second bachelor’s degree at Liberty, in conjunction with completing all requirements unique to that degree. The same rule applies to those students who have completed a degree at another accredited institution. Courses may transfer to Liberty from a completed undergraduate degree, but only courses that apply directly to the degree being pursued.

Sanctions

None specified

Exceptions

None