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Minors at ACU
Undergraduate Graduation
For most majors at ACU a minor is optional. The minimum requirements for a minor are 18 credit hours with a minimum of 6 advanced hours. Students may not complete a minor in the same field as their major. See the appropriate section of the catalog for specific details on a particular minor. The following minors are offered at ACU and can be added to most majors, see corresponding page number for further information.
Email: graduation@acu.edu Web: www.acu.edu/graduation
Advertising and Public Relations (p. 73) Aging Studies (p. 128) Agricultural Sciences (p. 45) Art (p. 51) Art Therapy (p. 51) Bible, Missions, and Ministry (p. 98) Biology (p. 55) Business Administration (p. 105) Chemistry (p. 59) Child and Family Services (p. 100) Coaching (p. 116) Communication (p. 61) Computer Science (p. 109) Convergence Journalism (p. 73) Criminal Justice (p. 90) Digital Entertainment Technology (p. 109) Digital Media (p. 73) Engineering Science (p. 66) English (p. 77) Environmental Science (p. 45) Ethnic and Women’s Studies (p. 69) Film (p. 77) French (p. 77) Global Studies (p. 69) Graphic Design (p. 51) History (p. 69) Information Technology (p. 110) Interior Design (p. 51) Leadership Studies (p. 62) Mathematics (p. 81) Media Studies (p. 73) Music (p. 87) Nutrition (p. 116) Peace and Social Justice (p. 90) Philosophy (p. 127) Physics (p. 66) Political Science (p. 90) Professional Writing (p. 77) Psychology (p. 93) Public Service (Pope Fellows only) (p. 91) Sociology (p. 62) Spanish (p. 77) Theatre (p. 95)
Preparing to Graduate • Each fall, students with more than 90 hours will receive an email with a link to the Commencement Information Form. This form will allow the student to communicate their expected date of graduation to the Registrar’s Office. • During the semester before graduation, students should run an online DegreeWorks audit and visit with their academic advisor about the schedule for their last semester. • Students should submit all CLEP tests and transcripts for transfer work before their last semester. • Students who do not complete graduation requirements in the semester for which they intended to graduate must declare a new graduation date with the Registrar’s Office. • Students with outstanding incomplete grades will not be allowed to participate in the commencement ceremony. • All holds on a student’s account must be removed before the student may purchase academic regalia, participate in commencement, or receive their diploma. • Students may only participate in one commencement ceremony for each level of degree earned. • Participation in the Commencement ceremony does not confirm that a degree has been earned. The degree will only be awarded after all degree requirements have been completed. Graduation with Latin Honors Latin honors designated at commencement are based on the student’s cumulative GPA and the number of hours earned at ACU by the end of the previous semester and are subject to change. In order to qualify for Latin honors, baccalaureate students must have completed at least 64 hours at ACU. Earned hours must have been completed and graded prior to commencement to be included in the determination of eligibility. Students whose averages are at least 3.6 graduate cum laude (with honor), 3.75 graduate magna cum laude (with high honor), and 3.9 graduate summa cum laude (with highest honor) will have the appropriate designation noted at commencement. Courses taken Credit/No-Credit, Pass/Fail, or any Credit by Exam do not count toward GPA requirements for honors. If a student’s qualification changes after their final semester, then their diploma and transcript will reflect the correct honors. Class Rank ACU does not rank students within the graduating classes, nor does the university provide information about where students fall by quartile within a graduating class. With multiple graduations per academic year, and because students graduating in the same academic year are meeting requirements from different catalog years (and thus, different curricula), the class rank or quartile rank is an invalid assessment of comparative ability for individual students.