Reduced-Credit Bachelor’s Degree Program 

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The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) defines a reduced-credit degree program as a program in which the number of credit hours required to complete the program is less than the commonly accepted minimum program length specified in HLC’s Assumed Practices.  For a bachelor’s degree program, the commonly accepted minimum program length is 120 semester credits.  Institutions offering a degree program at less than this commonly accepted minimum program length must explain and justify the variation

Related terms are the three-year bachelor’s degree program, fast-track bachelor's degree, and accelerated bachelor's program. Students typically complete these degrees by participating in college courses in high school, attending summer sessions, acquiring credits through prior learning assessment, crosswalking credits (e.g., learning acquired in the military), and other means of acquiring credits which reduce the time to complete a bachelor’s degree. These programs often have a commonly accepted length of 120 semester credits, not a reduced number of credits.

The nexus degree available in the State of Georgia is less than a bachelor's degree and more than an associate degree.

SeeThree-year / Accelerated Degrees | Learn & Work Ecosystem Library (learnworkecosystemlibrary.com)

See: https://learnworkecosystemlibrary.com/glossary/nexus-degree-georgia/

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