Graduation
Detailed Graduation Information
All students must realize that it is their own responsibilty to check on their progress toward meeting all requirements for graduation. They are urged to plan the class schedule for each semester of the senior year at early registration time at the end of the junior year. This plan should be approved by the faculty counselor and checked to see that when it is completed all degree requirements will have been met.
The catalog in use when a student first enrolls governs his graduation requirements unless that catalog is over ten years old, or that student has left and then re-enrolled more than one year later. Consequently, that catalog should be retained and used as a guide in case changes are made in course or graduation requirements during the time that student is enrolled. However, a student may select a subsequent catalog if the student wishes; but all requirements must be completed from that catalog.
Students who cannot complete their graduation requirements before the end of the spring semester in their senior year, but who can complete them during the following summer or fall, will be granted their diplomas in August or December, as appropriate. Seniors who are eligible to receive their diplomas in August or December may be approved to participate in the May commencement preceeding the completion of their work. Information concerning eligibility for August or December graduation is available in the Office of the Registrar.