Procedure

• Student obtains an application form from the Graduate School webpage, and reviews their degree audit from SeaNet.
• Complete the first four lines of the application form. (This is what will appear on the diploma). In consultation with advisor, student indicates coursework and other requirements needed to complete the degree.  Indicate on the application the approved course substitutions that need to be reflected on the audit.
• Advisor and graduate coordinator sign the application, after advising student, and forward it to the Graduate School.
• Graduation checkout is completed in the Graduate School and posted to Banner.
• Coordinator will receive a list of graduating students from the Graduate School.  Coordinator should be able to provide information about which students will be eligible to graduate.  Graduate School will send students an e-mail to confirm their graduation information.
• At the end of each official graduation term, the Graduate School sends a list to the Registrar’s Office for diplomas to be made. If the requirements will not be completed by the end of the semester, the student should contact the Graduate School.

Graduation Application Form            Graduation Application Deadlines

Requirements

• It is the students’ responsibility to see that the graduation application is in the graduate school by the deadline.
• In order to graduate, graduate students must be enrolled in the term in which they complete their graduate work or are scheduled to receive their degree. Students must either:
• be enrolled in thesis preparation courses for credit.
• be enrolled in continuous registration (GRC 600).
• be enrolled in a course for credit in their department of study in the term in which they receive their degree.