Application for Graduation

Candidates for a baccalaureate degree should file an Application for Graduation in the Service Center at the beginning of their senior year.

Once a completed application is received, graduation evaluations are performed. The registrar determines completion of General Education and University degree requirements, while the major and minor requirements are established and reviewed by the academic department through which the degree is sought. Students also must satisfy all outstanding financial obligations to the University. Diplomas will not be issued for students with outstanding financial obligations.

Applications must be submitted no later than the first week of the term in which you plan to graduate. If all graduation deficiencies (incompletes, for example) are not completed within two weeks following the end of the intended term of graduation, you will be graduated at the end of the academic term in which they are completed.

Commencement ceremonies are held at the end of each term. Attendance at the exercises is voluntary; however, you will not be eligible to participate unless you have applied for graduation and your major program adviser has certified that you will complete degree requirements by the end of the term in which you have applied for graduation. Participation in a commencement ceremony does not guarantee that degree requirements have been completed. Once you have participated in a commencement ceremony, you may not participate in another commencement ceremony for the same degree.

A graduation fee of $35 is payable at the time of application. The fee does not cover the cost of the cap and gown. These items are purchased through the University Bookstore in the Morris University Center. Questions regarding the cap and gown and invitations are referred to the Bookstore.