Undergraduate Graduation Requirements

Specific degree requirements: Students must complete the degree requirements specific to their programs. Once in a program, if the requirements change, students have the option of graduating under the new requirements. Students who re-enter the University after an absence of more than one academic year are subject to the degree requirements in effect at the time of re-entry.
General Education Requirements: All Trine University students receiving a baccalaureate or associate degree must meet the General Education requirements. Details regarding the General Education philosophy and requirements are presented immediately before this section in the catalog.
A Trine University cumulative grade point average of not less than 2.0 must be achieved.
All required courses or approved substitutions must be completed as described in the respective degree programs. If an “I” or “IP” grade is not removed until after the start of the next semester, the graduation date will reflect the new semester.
Candidates for graduation must file with the registrar, intent to graduate no later than one semester before the final semester of attendance in which degree requirements shall be completed.
CHAT (Culture, Humanities, and the Arts at Trine) Main Campus graduation requirement: Students must attend eight university-approved CHAT events over the course of four years, or one per semester while enrolled, with no limitations on the number of events per semester. Transfer students are required to attend a prorated number of events, dependent upon the number of semesters they are enrolled, at one per semester.

Commencement Participation for Undergraduate Students

All spring semester and summer semester prospective graduates are eligible to participate in the annual spring commencement ceremony. Fall semester graduates are eligible to participate in the spring commencement ceremony prior to completing their degrees only if, by the end of the spring semester, they have 18 or fewer credit hours to complete to earn their degrees. If a fall graduate has more than 18 credit hours to complete, the student is invited to attend the commencement ceremony the following spring.

Course Substitutions

An alternate course may be substituted for one required in a student’s major if the student cannot schedule the required course without undue hardship. The substitution must be requested by the student’s Department Chair. Proper notation must be made in the student’s record and approval granted prior to the substitution. The substitution cannot be made simply on the request of the student to take a different course from the one required.

Academic Residency Requirement

To be eligible for a baccalaureate degree, a student must earn a minimum of 30 credits at Trine University. To be eligible for an associate degree, a student must earn a minimum of 16 credits at Trine University. For a Baccalaureate degree 30 of the last 60 credits must be earned through Trine University or 16 credits of the last 30 for a two-year degree program. A student must be enrolled in at least one Trine class the last semester prior to graduation.