Graduation Requirements
Application for Degree (Graduation)
To graduate, a student must submit the Application for Degree to the Office of the Registrar. This application must be submitted in the term of expected graduation by the deadline noted in the academic calendar. If a student applies for graduation and is not approved, a new Application for Degree must be submitted by the deadline in a new term. In order for the degree statement to appear on a student’s academic record, the student must file the aforementioned application whether or not participation in the commencement ceremony is desired.
The application for a graduate degree is available from the Office of the Registrar or the student’s college advising office. The application must first be certified (signed or stamped in the section, “Office Use Only”) by the student’s college. The college retains one copy, and the student must submit the remaining copies to the Office of the Registrar prior to the graduation application deadline. Inquiries concerning approval or denial of graduation should be made to the appropriate college.
It is the student’s responsibility to clear all “I” (Incomplete) and “M” (Missing) grades in all courses and to provide official transcripts of all transferred course work needed for graduation at least three weeks prior to the end of the term in which he/she expects to graduate.
* All Graduate Students must be registered for a minimum of two graduate credit hours the semester of graduation.
* The deadline for graduation occurs very early in the semester of graduation. This application must be submitted in the term of expected graduation by the deadline noted in the academic calendar.
