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If you want to complete your bachelor’s degree, pursue a master’s degree, complete professional certificates, or participate in individual courses, Colorado State University-Global Campus may be the option for you. Through the Internet, we will bring the faculty, classmates, student services, and easy-to-navigate interactive programs directly to you - programs that will enhance your career and prepare you to succeed in today’s global economy.
Fast-Track Enrollment
If you’re interested in earning a degree and want to start taking courses right away at CSU-Global Campus – then you should consider our Fast-Track Enrollment Option. Students choosing this option receive immediate conditional admission and can enroll in core-courses that count toward their degree. Full-admission is granted after official transcripts and other required documents have been received by the Office of Student Success. This documentation must demonstrate that the selected program’s admissions criteria are met. Students have up to six credit hours to submit all documentation.
Interested in our Bachelor’s Degree-Completion Programs?
If you’re interested in one of the bachelor’s degree completion programs at Colorado State University-Global Campus, we have an admissions pathway that will work for you:
- Guaranteed Admission: You will be guaranteed admission if you have earned an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree from an accredited college or university OR completed 45 semester credits from an accredited college or university with a 2.3 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale), including the completion of general education courses.
- Provisional Admission: If you have not completed your general education coursework OR if you have fewer than 45 semester credits, a Success Advisor can assist you in developing an education plan to take courses with one of our partner institutions and then complete your bachelor’s degree with CSU-Global Campus.
Interested in our Master’s Degree Programs?
If you’re interested in one of our master’s degree programs, you will be guaranteed admission to CSU-Global Campus if you have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Interested in our Professional Certificate Programs?
You can always enroll in a CSU-Global Campus certificate program, regardless of your prior education level. Those credits will count towards a CSU-Global Campus degree program if you later decide to enroll as a degree-seeking student.
General Education Requirements
Graduates of Colorado State University-Global Campus are expected to be lifelong learners who have developed the intellectual and ethical foundations necessary for an understanding of and respect for humanity as well as theknowledge and skills necessary to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing society.
To help students achieve these goals, the general education requirements are designed to give students the communication and mathematics skills necessary for success in their undergraduate studies and future careers. In addition, they give students direct experience in the methods of thought and inquiry in three central areas of academic endeavor: the arts and humanities; the social sciences; and the natural and physical sciences.
Each student must provide evidence that he or she has completed the following general education requirements as part of the Bachelor’s degree graduation requirements at CSU-GC:
A. Communication
- Intermediate writing course (3 credits)
- Introductory writing course, advanced writing course, or oral communications course (3 credits)
B. Mathematics
- One course (or a series of 3 1-credit courses) (3 credits)
C. Arts and Humanities; History; and Social and Behavioral Sciences (total of 15 credits)
- Arts and Humanities (6-9 credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-6 credits)
- History (3-6 credits)
D. Natural and Physical Sciences
- Two courses (one with a laboratory) (7 credits)
In addition to documenting fulfillment of the general education requirements through transcript review on an individual course-by-course basis by the Office of Admissions, two alternate methods are as follows:
1. Colorado State University-Global Campus will accept the general education requirements included in the Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree from a regionally accredited two-year or four-year college as a substitute for CSU-GC’s general education requirements. In addition, CSU-GC accepts the Colorado Community College and Occupational Educational System General Education Core Transfer Program as a substitute for the University’s general education requirements for a student who is certified as having successfully completed the core curriculum.
2. Transfer students from Colorado four-year colleges or universities who have completed general education requirements, known as the Colorado gtPathways Curriculum, with a minimum 2.30 grade point average will be considered to have fulfilled CSU-GC’s general education requirements. However, only courses with grades of C- or better will beaccepted for credit in transfer. It is the student’s responsibility to document that the general education requirements were satisfied at the transfer institution.
Substitutions and/or waivers for courses fulfilling general education requirements may be approved by the CAO or designee.
Our advisors are available to help applicants assess previous educational achievements, and they can match your courses with Colorado State University-Global Campus requirements in order to maximize credit for your previous education.
