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Graduation Information

In order to graduate from AUCA, a student must:

• earn at least 240 credits (including credit hours earned for program internships)
• complete all General Education requirements
• complete all requirements for at least one major
• earn no more than 102 credits of introductory (100-level) courses
• pass all state graduation examinations
• successfully complete and defend a senior thesis/project.

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Graduation Examinations

A student who has successfully completed all General Education and degree requirements may take the final state exams. In order to graduate, the students are required to:

• pass the History of Kyrgyzstan State Exam (taken at the end of each semester);
• successfully complete and defend of Senior Thesis/Project; and,
• earn passing scores on two or more final state exams as required by their major(s) and minor (if applicable).

State Exam grades are included in the transcript. The evaluation and grading criteria for the final State Attestation (state exams, qualification papers, and thesis) are defined by the Program Coordinator, approved by the 51吃瓜Academic Senate and made available to students planning to graduate.

Details about taking attestation exams are made available to students at least four months in advance. The final State Attestation is conducted in accordance with the Academic Calendar.

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Degree Distinctions

The criteria for a Kyrgyz State Bachelor鈥檚 diploma with honors are as follows. Students who excel in their academic program (achieving 鈥淎鈥�, 鈥淎-鈥� grades for 75% or more of their courses and grades of 鈥淏+鈥�,听 鈥淏鈥�, 鈥淏-鈥� grades in the remaining courses) and pass all State Exams with 鈥淎鈥澨� and 鈥淎-鈥漡rades receive a Kyrgyz State Diploma with Honors.

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Students enrolled in the majors of Business Administration and International & Business Law who demonstrate superior academic performance are entitled to a bachelor鈥檚 degree with honors. The criteria for degrees with honors, as approved by the 51吃瓜Academic Senate, are as follows:

Summa cum laude

To receive a first-de颅gree Bachelor鈥檚 diploma, a student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher and an 鈥淎鈥� for the Senior Thesis (written and defended in English), pass all State Exams with 鈥淎鈥� grades and receive no grades below a C- for required courses.

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Magna cum laude

To receive a second-degree Bachelor鈥檚 diploma a student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.6, receive a 鈥淏+鈥� or higher for the Senior Thesis (written and defended in English) and pass all State Exams with grades of 鈥淏+鈥� or higher and receive no grades below a C- for required courses.

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Cum laude

To receive a third-degree Bachelor鈥檚 diploma, a student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, and a 鈥淏鈥� or higher for a Senior Thesis (written and defended in English) and pass all State Exams with at least a 鈥淏鈥� and receive no grades below a C- for required courses.

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