Pierpont new residency requirement

[Ares]

12 RA credits and 3 Residency credits seem to be the actual WV state requirement. I suspect Pierpont has that information wrong and got in trouble for not properly enforcing the RA requirement which was my only problem with the program. The entire purpose of this program was to help people who finished less than 2 years of college complete a degree it was never meant to allow the nonsense with the one RA credit course.

Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College:

• 21 GE Credits
  
• 12 RA Credits
  
• 3 Residency Credits
  

Mountwest Community and Technical College:

• 15 GE Credits
  
• 12 RA Credits
  
• 3 Residency Credits
  

West Virginia University at Parkersburg:

• 15 GE Credits
  
• 12 RA Credits
  
• 3 Residency Credits
  

"Meet minimum of 12 credit hours from a regionally accredited higher education institution, including a minimum of three credits which must be earned from WVU Parkersburg, as per state mandate." - West Virginia University at Parkersburg

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Here is more clarification on the program. The 12 RA credits are a requirement but the 3 Residency credits are not.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM (PDF)

V. RESIDENCY

• Students must complete a residency requirement of 12 credit hours (passing grades only) from regionally accredited higher education institution. Petition for exception to the residency requirement may be made to the Chief Academic Officer of the host institution.
  
• Residency shall be defined as being registered for officially approved coursework which will satisfy the degree program graduation requirements. Credit awarded through extrainstitutional credit will not count toward the 12 credit hour residency requirement.
  
• The institution granting the degree may require the student to complete up to three credit hours at the host institution.