Required Degree Planning

Per Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter T, the following degree planning is required:

1. A student enrolled in an associate degree program at CTC must file a degree plan after the 12th class day but before the end of the semester immediately following the semester in which the student earned a cumulative total of 30 or more semester credit hours for coursework successfully completed by the student, including transfer courses, international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses, and any other course the college awarded college credit, including course credit awarded by examination.
2. A student who enrolls in an associate degree program at CTC for the first time and has a cumulative total of 30 or more semester credit hours must file a degree plan with the college after the 12th class day but before the end of the semester of first enrollment.
3. A student enrolled in dual credit courses at CTC is required to file a degree plan with the college not later than:
   • the end of the second regular semester immediately following the semester in which the student earned a cumulative total of 15 or more semester credit hours of course credit for dual credit courses successfully completed by the student at CTC, or
   • if the student begins the student’s first semester at CTC with 15 or more semester credit hours of course credit for dual credit courses successfully completed by the student, the end of the student’s second regular semester at the college.

Students are responsible for contacting their advisor to file their degree plan and the college will reach out to the student. Students are responsible for enrolling in courses on their filed degree plan and notifying the appropriate offices when a change to their degree program is made. Students who fail to file a degree plan may not be provided their official CTC transcript until a degree plan is filed.