It normally qualifies you to enter graduate study. A bachelor's degree usually represents four years of full time higher education. Degrees are awarded based on the accumulation of credits. All degrees require a minimum number of credits and have specific course and curriculum requirements that are also measured by credits. As of Fall 2000, YSU will be on the semester system.
Semesters are fifteen weeks in length, plus a sixteenth week for final exams.
Many colleges and universities in the U.S. are on some form of the semester or quarter system. When transferring from one system to the other, most U.S. colleges and universities agree that 1 semester hour equals 1.5 quarter hours. They refer to specific YSU courses that are required for admission to a particular major. In most cases, you must complete all prerequisite courses before you can be admitted to a particular major. This classification includes postgraduate applicants from other institutions seeking additional undergraduate course work.