Fei Tian College

Fei Tian College permits qualified individuals who have already earned a baccalaureate degree to pursue an additional baccalaureate degree in an essentially different area of study.

The College currently does not offer double programs or double majors. A student who changes from one degree program to another before completing the first degree is considered to have changed programs, rather than to be pursuing a second degree.

Application and Degree Requirements

Second-degree applicants apply through the standard transfer admission process.

A student pursuing a second degree must fulfill all requirements of the new program that are in effect at the time of matriculation. Prior coursework may be applied toward some of these requirements as described below. Individual programs may establish additional requirements.

Application of Prior Coursework

Prior coursework may be applied toward the requirements of the second degree when the coursework remains substantially equivalent to the applicable current requirements.

Core Requirements. Up to 12 credits from prior coursework may be applied toward core requirements of the new program. For this purpose, core requirements exclude general-education and elective requirements.

General Education. Prior coursework may be applied toward applicable general-education requirements.

Electives. Up to 12 credits from prior coursework may be applied toward elective requirements if those credits were not needed to fulfill requirements of a previous degree.

Course equivalency is determined according to current course content and requirements. A previously completed course is not necessarily equivalent to its current version solely because the course code, title, or credit value is unchanged.

Zero-credit completions may not be transferred from a prior degree to fulfill requirements of the new degree.

Additional and Residency Requirements

A student must complete at least 30 additional credits in residence in courses that are core to the new program. An additional credit is a credit that was not needed to fulfill any requirement of a previous degree. Prior FTC credits not used toward a previous degree may count toward this requirement when they are applicable to the core of the new program.

Credits from prior degrees that are applied toward the new degree are treated as credit for prior learning. Accordingly, at least 50 percent of the credits required for the second degree must be earned through coursework during the new degree program.

These requirements take precedence over the allowances for applying prior coursework described above.

GPA Requirements

A student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA is not reset upon enrollment in a second baccalaureate degree program.

A separate program GPA and major GPA are maintained for the second degree. The program GPA includes all letter-graded FTC coursework applied toward the requirements of the second degree. The major GPA includes all letter-graded FTC coursework used to satisfy the designated major-core and major-elective requirements of the second degree.

Grades earned before enrollment in the second-degree program are included in its program GPA or major GPA when the corresponding FTC coursework is applied toward the second degree. Grades transferred from another institution do not affect GPA.

Course application is determined under the College’s established degree-audit rules and may not be changed solely for the purpose of increasing GPA.

The student must satisfy all applicable cumulative GPA, major GPA, and other graduation requirements for the second degree.

Other Requirements

A student pursuing a second degree must follow all College and program policies, including course-sequencing requirements, and must satisfy all financial obligations to the College and its supporting agencies.