The residency requirement for a bachelor's degree at UNC Charlotte specifies that a student must earn the last 25% of baccalaureate degree requirements at UNC Charlotte  including the last 12 hours of the major at UNC Charlotte. An exception to either of these requirements may be made if approved by the chairperson of the student's major department and by the dean of the college of the student's major. Generally, no more than six semester hours of transfer credit are accepted toward a graduate degree. All other graduate work must be residence credit. Course work taken in residence usually means work offered by UNC Charlotte and taken in courses on the Charlotte campus. Credit earned by challenge examinations cannot be used to meet the residence requirement. Specific information about residency requirements can be found in the Catalog at www.uncc.edu/catalog/cata_choice.htm.