The Graduate Catalog contains detailed information on requirements for degree or certificate completion. Students must meet all University and program requirements for their degree/certificate. As specified by the Graduate School, all graduate students must apply for degree and/or certificate completion by the deadlines for the session in which all requirements will be met. At the time application is made, the completion fee must be paid. Applications will be cancelled for students who fail to meet all requirements for the session in which application is made. These students must reapply for a later session. The application fee is not charged again. If a hard copy of the application for degree completion or the application for certificate completion are needed, they are available at the Graduate School Office (Hovey 309), the Student Services and Referral Center (Moulton Hall, Room 107), or at the Student Accounts Office (607 W. Dry Grove Road).
Carefully check "Important Dates and Deadlines for Completion of Degree or Certificate"(pdf) for Students Planning to complete all requirements.
Early in the semester of anticipated completion, submit your Degree Audit to the Graduate School.
Apply for Completion of Degree
(ipdf) or (pdf) and or Apply for
Certificate Completion (ipdf) or (pdf)
Note: The ipdf forms are interactive. You may save the information that is entered onto the form if you have a full Adobe Acrobat Professional program. Those using Adobe Acrobat Reader will not be able to save the form with the information that was entered on it. When saving a form, please use the disk icon in the toolbar located at the top of the form. (If you experience a problem with the ipdf forms, please use the regular pdf forms.)
By the end of the semester, finish all coursework, projects, thesis, dissertation, transfers, comprehensive exams, incompletes, etc. that may be outstanding.
Any questions? Call Yvonne Crutcher at the Graduate School, 438-2585.
The Dean of Students Office coordinates this ceremony. A Commencement Participation form needs to be filed in the semester in which you plan to participate in the ceremony. Participation forms that were filed with the intention of participating in a previous semester's ceremony, are not updated. The Commencement Participation Form can be found on page 2 of the Application for Degree Completion (ipdf) or (pdf).
View the Graduation Services Web site for answers to your questions regarding participation in the commencement Ceremony.
