Granting an Associate Degree When the Student has an Earned Bachelor's Degree or Higher

A student who has earned a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university may be awarded an associate degree at Lansing Community College (LCC) subject to the following requirements: 

1. All requirements for the associate degree must be met.
2. The LCC cumulative grade point average must be a 2.0 or above. 
3. A minimum of 15 semester credits toward the program of study must be completed directly from LCC (except for approved consortial programs taught primarily by partner schools). 
4. The College's General Education requirements are satisfied by virtue of the student earning the bachelor's degree or higher. 
5. The following CANNOT be used for degree requirements: 
   1. courses numbered below 100
   2. courses in Mathematics or Statistics that are not listed on the Transfer Degrees (MTA) tab or Applied Degrees tab of LCC General Education
   3. courses in English or Writing numbered below 118
   4. courses in English as a Second Language
   5. courses in Reading
   6. courses in non-technical Vocabulary
   7. courses in Academic Experience numbered other than 100 or 101
   8. courses in Student Development numbered other than 101 
6. Exceptions to the above should be appealed to the Academic Affairs Office.

Note: Students can not be granted certificates from program pathways that are expired, or from catalog years that predate their first semester of enrollment as shown on their LCC web transcript.