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Graduation
Map of Raymond Campus
Requirements
An application for graduation must be completed in the administrative office of any campus or the Office of Admissions and Records on the Raymond Campus no later than the fourth week of the semester the student
plans to graduate. The graduation fee must be paid at that time. The graduation fee covers the cost of diploma, cap, gown, and standard community college scholastic hood. This fee must be paid whether or not the student participates in the formal exercises.
No degrees or certificates will be awarded until all degree requirements have been met, including the payment of all fees owed to the College. A student may graduate under the requirements of the published catalog for the current year or under the graduation requirements of the published catalog for the year the student entered Hinds Community College.
Requirements, however, may not be divided between the two. Graduation exercises are held in the summer, fall and spring semesters.
A student may meet the requirements for graduation by complying with one of the following:
1. Select a specialized field of study and follow the curriculum which is outlined for it in this catalog, or
2. Follow the General Program requirements for the Associate of Arts Degree, which are given in the "Academic Programs of Study" section of this catalog, or
3. Comply with the catalog requirements of the first two years of the specified four-year accredited college or university to which the student will transfer. This transfer curriculum must calculate to 64 transferable
hours. Fifteen of these transferable hours must be drawn from and include at least one course from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts; social/behavioral sciences; and natural science/mathematics.
The courses selected should be survey courses rather than applied courses.
4. Associate in Applied Science Degree, Career Certificate, and Technical Certificate students are required to take an Occupation-Specific Assessment as part of their program of study, unless a program of study
requires a certification or licensure examination for professional practice.
Developmental courses may not be used to meet graduation requirements. For a list of developmental courses, please see page 55 of the 2008-09 Hinds CC Catalog. If a student has met one of the above-mentioned criteria but is short six or fewer hours to graduate from Hinds, he or she may transfer up to six semester hours back to HCC from a regionally accredited institution in order to receive a Hinds degree.
A minimum quality point average of 2.0 is required in order to graduate. The 2.0 GPA may be calculated using either of the two following methods. Both of these calculations will only include courses completed at Hinds Community College:
1. GPA of 2.0 calculated on all hours attempted
2. GPA of 2.0 calculated on only those courses required for graduation
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