Student Handbook - Gateway Technical College

Academic Information and Student Records
tion. Students must meet with an Advanced Standing Counselor to determine
possible areas to be evaluated. Students can either register for the Life/Work
Evaluation course or prepare a written portfolio independently to be evaluated by
appropriate instructors.
Graduation Requirements
The Gateway Technical College District has procedures that govern the graduation
requirements for Technical Diploma, Associate Degree Programs and Advanced
Technical Certificates. In order to graduate, a student must fulfill the following requirements:
• All the course requirements on the official curriculum sheet must be completed
successfully. Any course substitutions must be approved and documented on
the student’s record.
• Twenty-five percent (25%) of the program credits must be earned at Gateway
Technical College. Courses which were completed by the advanced standing
process are not counted as credits earned at Gateway Technical College.
• Twenty-five percent (25%) of the major course credits designated with an asterisk
(*) on the curriculum sheet must be earned at Gateway Technical College.
Courses which were completed by the advanced standing process are not counted
as credits earned at Gateway Technical College.
• The following grade point average (GPA) requirements must be met:
o A Program GPA of 2.000 is required to graduate (2.000 on a four-point
grading scale is a C).
o A Major GPA of 2.000 is required.
• Some programs require a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in some courses; see your
curriculum sheet.
• Individual programs may have additional requirements to meet accrediting
agency requirements. Refer to the program curriculum sheet for additional graduation
and grade point requirements.
• All student financial obligations must be met before certificates, diplomas, degrees,
advanced technical certificates, and transcripts are released.
• It is the student’s responsibility to check his/her transcripts prior to the last
semester of study to ensure that all the requirements for graduation will be met.
All requirements must be completed by the last day of the semester, including
removal of incomplete grades and submission of transcripts with transfer credits.
Computation of Grade Point Average (GPA) for Graduation
Cumulative GPA
• All associate degree and technical diploma level courses that a student has taken
at Gateway are used to calculate this GPA.
• General College, precollege, and pretechnical are developmental and/or remedial
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