The baccalaureate degrees require the completion of at least 120 semester hours of credit including all requirements for a major field of study and General Education requirements to achieve the Goals of UNC Charlotte Education. Specific requirements for each major are specified in the Courses of Study section of the Catalog (). A grade point average of at least 2.0 is required in all courses attempted at the University, in all courses required for the major, and in all courses required for a minor.

The Purpose of General Education at UNC Charlotte. The purpose of the General Education Program is to provide undergraduate students, regardless of their majors, with the foundations of a liberal education. The Program is designed to address four areas of liberal education. First, it helps students develop the foundational skills necessary for obtaining the full benefits of a college education: basic college-level writing, basic use of information technology, and basic college-level mathematical and logical skills. Second, it helps provide students with an understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry and the ways that knowledge is acquired and accredited in the life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Third, the General Education Program addresses major themes related to living as a liberally educated person in the twenty-first century. Students take four Liberal Studies courses designed especially for the General Education Program. Fourth, it helps students develop more specialized skills for disciplinary writing and oral presentations.

Exceptions to the general education requirements must be approved by the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. The Associate Dean for General Education is responsible for considering requests to meet requirements with transfer courses for which there are no UNC Charlotte equivalents or for which the UNC Charlotte equivalents have not been approved to meet the requirements

The graduate degree requirements differ from undergraduate requirements, and are outlined in the Graduate Catalog (www.uncc.edu/gradmiss/gs_catalog.html).