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Qualifications and Requirements

Determination of Aggie Ring eligibility is the function of The Aggie Ring Program. Student records are either accessed through the on-line Student Information Management System (SIMS), or from records obtained from the Texas A&M Office of Admissions and Records.
 

Current Undergraduate Students

In order to verify that all academic requirements have been met, an undergraduate Aggie Ring audit must be completed by all current undergraduate Texas A&M students.
  • Credit Hours
    1. Cumulative Hours
      1. 95 cumulative completed undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University Student Information Management System (SIMS screens #136 and #681). Bonfire is not used to determine eligibility towards an Aggie Ring.
    2. Resident Hours
      1. Attended after December 31, 1993: 45 completed undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University (SIMS screen #681). Bonfire is not used to determine eligibility towards an Aggie Ring.
      2. Attended prior to January 1, 1994: 30 completed undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University. You must have successfully completed a Fall/Spring semester or Summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student prior to 1994 to qualify with 30 TAMU resident hours. A full-time student is defined in the University catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in both summer session I & II for a total of 8 hours; or 8 credit hours and a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.
  • Minimum 2.0 GPR
  • Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Graduate Students

A graduate student qualifies for a Ring at any of the following times:

Master's Thesis Option

  1. Eligible to submit Ring order once qualified for graduation from TAMU
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Master's Non-thesis Option

  1. 75% of coursework completed for degree program at TAMU
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Ph.D. Students

  1. Accepted as a Ph.D. candidate at TAMU
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Former Student Requirements

  • Former Students must have a degree from Texas A&M University and be in good standing with the university
    1. The Ring Office must check your transcript to verify that your degree was conferred by TAMU.
    2. Former student can present their diploma to the Ring Office.
  • Former Students without a Texas A&M undergraduate degree must meet the following requirements:
    1. Cumulative Credit Hours
      1. 95 completed cumulative undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University record (SIMS screens #136 and #681or on their official transcript).
        1. All undergraduate transfer credit must have been completed and transferred to Texas A&M, before the last semester of attendance at A&M, to be counted towards the 95 cumulative credit hour requirement.
        2. You cannot transfer hours in after leaving the University to qualify for an Aggie Ring.
    2. Resident Hours
      1. Attended after December 31, 1993: 45 completed undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University (SIMS screen #681).
      2. Attended prior to January 1, 1994: 30 completed undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University. You must have successfully completed a Fall/Spring semester or Summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student prior to 1994 to qualify with 30 TAMU resident hours. A full-time student is defined in the University catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in both summer session I & II for a total of 8 hours; or 8 credit hours and a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.
      3. The last 30 credit hours must be from Texas A&M University.
    3. GPR
      1. Attended after 5/31/69: 2.00 cumulative GPR (under a four point system) at A&M must be reflected on the Texas A&M University record
      2. Attended prior to 6/1/69: 1.00 cumulative GPR (under a three point system) at A&M must be reflected on the Texas A&M University record.
    4. Must not have left the university on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation.

Non Degree Seeking Students

Non-degree seeking students/former students do not qualify for an Aggie Ring.

Rules And Regulations

  • Repeat Course Information.
    1. A student cannot receive duplicate credit hours for the same course, per Texas A&M University Academic Rules & Regulations, unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for credit.
    2. If a course was previously passed at Texas A&M University and a grade of D or better was posted, repeating and passing the course at A&M will only change the GPR.
    3. Repeating a course in which a grade of B or better was previously earned will not result in additional grade points, unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for credit.
    4. The lowest grade is always the repeated course. In the event a student repeats an A&M course at another institution and makes a higher grade, the A&M course will be deducted as a repeat. If he/she makes the same grade as before, the transfer course will be deducted as a repeat (no credit).
    5. The successful repeat of a course(s) in which an I or X is already posted to the A&M transcript, results in no credit hours unless a grade change of F, WF, WP or NG is made for the I or X. (Repeats are verified from the SIMS degree audit screen #681.)
  • Credit by examination, work experience, or military experience is only applicable to cumulative credit hours. These hours cannot be used in the calculation of hours in residence at Texas A&M University.
  • Undergraduate transfer credit may be used towards determining eligibility (they count towards your 95 total hours). Before these hours are counted, the following must happen:
    1. The Texas A&M University Transfer Admissions Office, Heaton Hall, has evaluated and entered the course titles and hours onto the A&M transcript. (En route transfer entries are not applicable.)
    2. A degree audit from screen #681 of SIMS reveals that the courses are not deducted as a result of being repeats of previously credited courses.
  • In the event a student/former student has an undergraduate and graduate student record, both cannot be combined to meet the above requirements, unless enrolled in a recognized University 3 + 2 program.
 
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