Residency

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT (HOURS EARNED IN RESIDENCE)

Students who wish to earn a degree from Southern Polytechnic State University must have completed 25% of the major required hours as course work in residence at the institution. "In residence" is defined as courses for which a student has registered at SPSU.

Course work considered to be in residence:

Courses for which the student registers at SPSU including cross-registration

Course work considered to not be in residence:

Transient work
Transfer work
Credit by examination
K-credit

In addition to earning 25% of the major hours required for the degree in residence at SPSU, a student must earn in residence the last 30 credit hours required for a bachelor's degree