Consistent with regional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), UNCG requires a minimum of thirty (30) hours beyond the bachelor’s degree for any master’s degree, sixty (60) hours for doctoral programs that award a master’s as part of the doctoral degree requirements, and forty-five (45) credits minimum for direct entry doctoral programs that do not require a student to earn a master’s degree.

• Minimum semester-hour requirements, which vary by the program, are stated under the respective departmental program description in the University Catalog.
• Credit that is applied toward completion of one degree cannot be applied to another degree.
• No course below the 500 level will be counted towards graduate degree requirements.
• In all programs, at least one half of the work credited toward the degree must be in 600-level courses or above.