Adults entering a degree completion program bring varied educational histories. Each applicant for admission is considered on a case-by-case basis.

Prospective students are invited to contact us and make arrangements to have their transcripts evaluated.

The following information defines the expectations for an Antioch University Bachelor of Arts degree from the Bachelor Degree Completion Program:

• A minimum of 120 semester credit hours; of the 120 semester credit hours
  • A maximum of 75 total transfer credits; of the 75 possible transfer credits,
    • Only 60 may be lower division (generally 100 and 200 level) courses.
    • No more than 40 transfer credits in each of the following general subject areas:
      • Communication (e.g., English, composition, public speaking, journalism, foreign languages, media)
      • Natural Sciences and Technology (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, engineering, mathematics, statistics)
      • Arts and Humanities (e.g., art, music, dance, political science, theater, philosophy, history, literature, theology)
      • Social Sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, psychology, gerontology, human services, education)
      • Management Sciences (e.g., marketing, accounting, finance, economics, office management);
    • A maximum of 30 semester credits (the equivalent of one year of a four-year degree) for non-classroom prior learning of all kinds (CLEP or DANTES exams, military or other ACE approved programs, evaluated experiential learning, etc.). CLEP and DANTES will be evaluated from original documentation only; and
    • A maximum of three semester credits for physical education.
    • Exceptions to the lower-division limit and subject area limit may be granted for students with earned associate’s degrees from regionally accredited institutions.
  • Of the minimum 45 semester credits applied to the B.A. that must be earned at Antioch University Midwest, the final 9 semester credits for the degree must also be earned at AUM.

Other regulations that affect the degree requirements include:

• No credits, regardless of their source, may be applied toward more than one degree, either within or outside Antioch. The only exception to this rule is that credits earned as part of a regionally accredited associate’s degree may be applied toward the B.A. if they do not conflict with any other limitations.
• Once enrolled, prior approval from the appropriate chairperson of the major is required for any course to be taken at another institution for which the student wants credits applied toward the Antioch degree.
• The final 15 credits applied toward the B.A. must be earned through Antioch University Midwest’s Undergraduate Studies Program.