Bachelor’s Degrees
With an associate degree or 60 hours of transferable college credit, you can advance to a bachelor’s degree at FSCJ. We offer Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees in a variety of relevant and exciting areas, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.). These upper-level degrees increase your knowledge and experience in your program of study while providing the management, leadership, critical analysis, and communication skills that will advance you professionally and enrich you personally. Our bachelor’s degrees are designed not only to give you an exceptional education but also to provide a skilled workforce that meets the needs of our community. Also, because tuition costs at FSCJ are considerably less than you will find for a comparable education in the area, the money you save could go toward graduate school.
Bachelor’s Degree Admissions Requirements
To meet the minimum requirement for acceptance to bachelor’s degrees at Florida State College at Jacksonville, students must:
Meet the General Admissions Eligibility Criteria.
Meet the admissions requirements for upper division college credit programs:
Must have earned an Associate in Science (A.S.), Associate in Arts (A.A.), or a minimum of 60 hours of transferable college credit or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a GPA of 2.0 or above. The institution must have been regionally accredited when the degree or credits were awarded.
Must have met all requirements for college preparatory work.
Selective Admissions: All upper-division programs have additional admissions requirements established by the College administration, Florida Statutes, and/or State Board of Education rules.
Additional requirements may include a higher grade-point-average requirement;
Admissions requirements are published on the program curriculum pages;
In compliance with state law, public Florida state or community college graduates are eligible for priority admissions to upper-division programs.
Provisional Upper Division Admission: Students who do not meet all the requirements for an upper division baccalaureate program may be provisionally admitted to the baccalaureate program with the approval of the appropriate dean or dean’s designee.
Students will be informed of the conditions required for full admission when provisionally admitted.
Students must meet conditions for full admission within one semester from the date of provisional admission.
Students admitted provisionally to baccalaureate programs must, as a priority, enroll in coursework that will fulfill conditions for full admission status to their intended program of study during the term of provisional admission.
Requests for enrollment in upper division courses by provisionally admitted students must be considered and approved by special exception by the appropriate dean or the dean’s designee.
When the conditions for full admission have been satisfied, the hold on enrollment in upper-division courses may be lifted by the appropriate dean or dean’s designee.
Students participating in college preparatory (remedial) coursework are ineligible for provisional admission.
Non-Degree Seeking Upper Division Students: Non-degree-seeking students may be admitted to enroll in courses for which the student meets all program requirements and course prerequisites. Enrollment in upper division courses requires submission of all postsecondary transcripts before registration and the approval of the appropriate dean or dean’s designee.
All bachelor's degree programs have additional admissions requirements established by the College administration, Florida Statutes, and/or State Board of Education Rules. Admissions requirements are published on the program curriculum pages.
Foreign Language Requirement for Baccalaureate Degree
Baccalaureate degree-seeking students must meet a foreign language requirement before graduation. Students may fulfill the requirement by completing eight semester hours of the same foreign language or sign language. Alternative options that will be considered include the following:
Successful completion of two sequential high school credits in one foreign language as listed in Florida Statute 1007.262 and DOE Board Rule 6A.10.02412. The student is responsible for sending official high school transcripts to the Registrar’s Office for evaluation.
Submitting an English-translated high school course-by-course transcript from a country of origin. Exit test scores or certificates are not acceptable. Students must have an English translation performed, at the student’s expense, by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Visit the NACES website for a list of NACES members. Examples of acceptable services are Josef Silny & Associates and World Education Services.
Also, appropriate College Level Examination Program (CLEP) level one and two scores in French, German, and Spanish will be accepted.
Courses in American Sign Language (ASL 1140 and ASL 1150), Chinese (CHI 1120 and CHI 1121), French (FRE 1120 and FRE 1121), French Conversation (FRE 2210 and FRE 2211), German (GER 1120 and GER 1121), German Intermediate (GER 2200 and GER 2201), Latin (LAT 1120 and LAT 1121), Spanish (SPN 1120 and SPN 1121), Spanish Conversation (SPN 2210 and SPN 2211), and Spanish Intermediate (SPN 2200 and SPN 2201) fulfill this eight credit hour requirement. Students may use the ASL prefix course combination to satisfy the college's foreign language requirements.
Writing and Mathematical Skills Requirement
The Florida State Board of Education Rule regarding the required writing and mathematical skills was revised in December 2005. 6A-10.030 specifies the policies and procedures for implementing the requirement.
Bachelor’s Degree Graduation Requirements
To receive a bachelor’s degree, students must:
Fulfill all academic requirements for the chosen program of study as outlined in the Florida State College at Jacksonville catalog and curriculum.
Earn minimum prescribed semester hours for the selected bachelor’s degree with at least a 2.0 (C) on a 4.0 scale for an all-college cumulative grade point average. This includes Florida State College at Jacksonville college-credit semester hours and transferred credits (excluding developmental education) in lower- and upper-division courses.
Earn at least a C in each course used to satisfy the General Education Requirements and any other area designated with a C or higher in each course.
Earn a minimum of 25 percent of all credits used to satisfy the baccalaureate degree course requirements from Florida State College at Jacksonville (for example, a minimum of 30 credits for a 120-credit bachelor’s degree). Credit by examination and credit for prior learning do not count toward this residency requirement.
Fulfill the 36-college credit Florida General Education Requirements (note: 45 semester hours of required General Education for the B.S.N. degree and 51 semester hours of required General Education for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree), including the required core course options as listed in s. 1007.25(3), Florida Statute, and State Board Rule 6A.14.0303, Florida Administrative Code.
Demonstrated competency in civic literacy in accordance with s. 1007.25, Florida Statutes, and State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.02413, Florida Administrative Code. Per guidelines established by Senate Bill 1108, competency is demonstrated by completing one of three civic literacy courses (AMH 2010, AMH 2020 or POS 2041) with a grade of C or higher AND by achieving a passing score on a state-approved assessment.
Fulfill the Foreign Language requirement.
Fulfill all obligations, financial or otherwise, to the College before graduation.
Note: Students are cautioned to pay particular attention to the following statements.
A student’s graduation date will be the date of the end of the College term in which the student has fulfilled all academic requirements. (The removal of an incomplete grade does not affect students’ graduation dates, since the grade change is effective at the end of the term in which the incomplete grade was assigned rather than the term in which the incomplete work was made up.)
Students who enter under the (2024/2025) catalog will be assigned to the degree or certificate requirements in effect during the 2024/2025 academic year. The student’s assigned catalog year will remain in effect as long as the student maintains continuous enrollment. Changes to requirements as mandated by law or by rule of the District Board of Trustees may supersede this provision.
Many courses in this catalog have prerequisite requirements and/or corequisite courses listed in the course descriptions. Students are advised to be guided by these requirements.