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Second or Additional Baccalaureate Degree

Students wishing to work toward a second or additional baccalaureate degree must apply for that undergraduate objective through the regular admission procedure. Second or additional baccalaureate applicants are evaluated on post-baccalaureate admission criteria. Quotas have been established for second or additional baccalaureate students in those degree programs which have undergraduate enrollment restrictions.

The second or additional baccalaureate degree will be awarded when the student has filed for graduation with Undergraduate Evaluations and Graduation and when all major requirements for the degree have been met and a graduation check determines that all university requirements have been satisfied.

To be eligible for the degree, students must complete all coursework which constitutes the second or additional degree in at least two additional semesters with a minimum of 30 units of work beyond the first degree in accordance with the minimum residence requirement. Second or additional baccalaureate degree candidates must meet the academic regulations required of all undergraduate students, including the residency requirement (30 units in residence, 24 of which must be upper division, 12 in the major and 9-12 in Advanced General Education).

Course work completed in the second or additional baccalaureate degree status will be classified as undergraduate work. Students cannot pursue a graduate degree objective and a second or additional baccalaureate degree at the same time at the university.