Southern welcomes adult learners returning to education or pursuing career advancement.

Whether you are completing your first bachelor's degree, earning a graduate degree, changing careers, or returning after many years away from school, our office can help you:

• Get started here at SCSU
• Balance work, family, and school
• Connect with campus resources
• Understand transfer credit 

Am I an Adult Learner?

If any of these factors apply, the answer is yes. 

• You are responsible for your own expenses and no longer rely on a parent, guardian, or another family member to provide money for you or cover your bills. You are paying your daily expenses and planning for the future. 
• You are a parent, guardian, or caretaker responsible for the care and well-being of another person who cannot care for themselves. 
• Your experiences caused you to live independently of others and you were responsible for your own care, expenses, well-being, and life decisions for a year or longer. 
• If you are 25 years or older. 

Some examples of the above may be members of the armed forces, emancipated minors, individuals in foster care, wards of the state, readmitted students who meet other criteria above, or other lifelong learners.