Graduation Requirements

To be eligible to graduate from an Associate Degree, Diploma, or Certificate, the program must be active with Admissions. Students may view their active programs by logging into Self-Service. All requirements must be met prior to the official graduation date of James Sprunt Community College. The requirements are:

1. Required courses and electives must be completed in accordance with one of the programs listed in the catalog with a major grade point average of at least 2.0.
2. All financial obligations to the college must be met (i.e., graduation fee, library fines, Business Office holds, etc.);
3. A grade point average of 3.50 or higher must be achieved in all courses required in the student’s major in order for the student to be eligible to graduate with honors.
4. At least 25% of credit hours, with a minimum of 9 credit hours, required for completion of a credential (program) must have been earned through instruction offered at James Sprunt Community College.

Associate Degree Nursing and Practical Nursing Graduation Requirements

In addition to the above Institutional Graduation Requirements, Associate Degree Nursing and Practical Nursing graduates must meet the following requirements:

1. The student must have passed the required general education courses prescribed in the curriculum with an overall grade point average of “C”, and the student must have passed the required nursing course prescribed in the curriculum with a minimum grade of “C” in each course.
2. The student must have a 2.0 (“C”) in each college-level science and psychology course(s).
3. The student’s performance of nursing care in the clinical areas must be judged as satisfactory by the nursing faculty.

Intent to Graduate

Commencement exercises are held in May for the prior summer, prior fall, and current spring graduates (Example - May 2025 will include Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025 graduates). For students who want to attend the commencement exercises, or just receive the diploma(s), a graduation application needs to be submitted to Student Services and graduation fees paid with the Business Office. An application link will be emailed to potential graduates from the Student Services Office each semester. The link can also be found on our website under the Registrar page. At the end of the graduation application there is a link to our Graduating Student Opinion Survey. We ask that each pending graduate complete this as well so we can see where we need to make improvements.

The final deadline to complete the graduation application and pay the fees is February 15th. If a student wants to use their Financial Aid money to cover the fees, they will need to inform the Business Office within the first two weeks of the semester they will complete the program. Students who ordered cap and gowns for the commencement exercises are notified, usually around mid-April, when they are ready for pick up.

Upon graduation, a student’s Program of Study will end. Therefore, if a student plans to continue enrollment at JSCC they must contact Admissions to add a new Program of Study.