Courses are assigned
credits corresponding to the difficulty and
the time spent doing a course. Most courses
at Superior State University are given five
credits. Each school or university has there
own credit award system. Some are similar
and some are not but whatever system used:
a bachelor’s or other degree should
be equivalent in time and difficulty in all
quality institutions.
Prerequisites –
A prerequisite is a course or a body of knowledge
that is required before a student can take
the next level. For example, a student cannot
take an advanced finance course until he or
she has taken the basic courses. This helps
to insure that students can handle the material
in the class registered. Superior State University
administration will help to assure that students
register for only those courses the student
needs and is qualified to take.
Undergraduate School –
Most undergraduate degrees (B.A., B.B.A.
and B.S.) at Superior State University require
200 credits to graduate. Credits may be given
for past courses taken at other institutions
or even work experience in the field, which
the student is applying. It takes a full-time
student about four years to complete most
bachelor degrees. See your counselor to stay
on the right track.
At the undergraduate level there are also
these levels:
Certificate = equivalent to 50 credits
Diploma = 100 credits
Advanced Diploma = 150 credits
Graduate School –
Graduate school is the next step up from
the four-year undergraduate school. Masters
degrees (M.A., M.B.A. and M.S.) usually require
100 graduate school credits. A full-time student
usually takes about two years to complete
this degree. A part-time student will double
or more the time needed to graduate.
Doctor of Philosophy
The next level in the graduated school is
the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) or the Doctor
of Business Administration (D.B.A.), which
requires an additional 100 graduate school
credits. Both of these graduate degrees may
require additional work/assignments at the
conclusion of their course work, such as a
dissertation or maybe an internship or both.
Beyond this, there is a Post Doctorial Certificates
(P.D.C.), which is given for very specialized
research projects
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