1. Satisfy all admissions requirements.

2. Complete a prescribed technical program and, if the program contains 45 or more credits, also complete a minimum of four semester hours of general education credits from any two areas of study. (For example, enroll in an English course and a computer science course, but not two English courses or two computer science courses.)
Technical courses required for a prescribed technical program cannot be used to satisfy the general education requirements. Courses that will fulfill the general education requirement are listed in the Certificate column of the General Education Matrix.

3. Academic Skills Courses (ASC) will not fulfill general education requirements and cannot be included in the semester hours required for a Program Certificate.

4. Earn at least 15 semester hours of institutional credit from Bismarck State College.

5. Achieve a minimum 2.00 grade point average (C average) in a prescribed technical program, and achieve a minimum 2.00 GPA (C average) in credits from Bismarck State College other than those in the prescribed technical program. For a program of fewer than 45 credits that requires no general education credits, the GPA is calculated based on the courses of the prescribed vocational-technical program only.

6. Clear all college obligations.

7. File an Application for Graduation in the Student Records Office at the beginning of the semester/term in which the student expects to complete requirements for graduation.