Spring 2008 Graduation

Deadline to petition for Spring 2008 graduation is Friday, April 4, 2008

Rio Hondo College awards Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees.  Students must complete general education requirements, in addition to their major requirements.  A minimum of 12 units in residence is required.

Provided that a student maintains continuous enrollment, the student may elect to meet the graduation requirements in effect at the time of entrance or at the time of graduation or any semester in between if the requirements have changed.  The student may be required to make substitutions for discontinued courses. Continuous enrollment is defined as registering in at least one class in a calendar year and receiving a grade of A, B, C, D, F, CR, NC, I or W  at Rio Hondo College or another accredited post secondary institution.  If there is a break in enrollment, the student will be held to the new requirements listed in the catalog at the time of re-enrollment.

Students planning to graduate should file the petition to graduate during the semester in which they will complete the requirements.  The deadlines for filing graduation petitions are:

Summer:  Third Friday in July
Fall:            First Friday in November
Spring:      First Friday in April

Applications are available at the Office of Admissions & Records. Please fill out the petition completely.  Make sure the degree you request is a major that we offer.  If your major is General Education Transfer note whether it is a CSU or IGETC transfer.

Multiple Majors

A student may complete the requirements for more than one major.  At least 20 additional units must be earned for a second major for an Associate of Arts degree and a minimum of 24 additional units for an Associate of Science degree.  All the required courses and units for each major must be completed and applied exclusively to the respective major and may not be used to meet requirements in other majors or in general education requirements (classes cannot be double-counted).  Both majors will be listed on the diploma and both majors will be noted on the student’s transcripts.
 

Second Associate Degrees

Second associate degrees may be awarded when the following conditions have been met:
     A minimum of eighty-six (86) units must be completed and twenty-four (24) additional units beyond the minimum required for the first associate degree are required to earn a second associate degree.
     The major for the second degree must be in a different discipline from the major of the first degree.  All required courses for the major of the second associate degree must be completed and must be exclusive to the respective major and may not be used to meet requirements in other majors or for general education.
     The general education requirements in effect at the time of initiating the second degree must be completed.  Catalog rights will apply.