CONTENTS:
8.1     APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION
8.2     CONDITIONS
8.2.1  DOCTORAL DEGREE
8.2.2  MASTERS DEGREE
8.3     COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

8.1. APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION

Effective: March 28, 1989

AUTHORITY/SOURCE

Provost and Executive Vice President

POLICY

The student is responsible for making certain that all requirements have been met and that every deadline is observed.

Each student who plans to graduate is required to submit to the Office of Registration and Records an Application for Graduation form. This form, supplied by the Office of Registration and Records, must be submitted before the end of the third week of classes of the academic semester in which graduation is expected. A student turning in the Application for Graduation after the deadline will graduate the following semester. No charge is made for applying for graduation. The Application for Graduation must be signed by the academic advisor prior to being submitted to the Office of Registration and Records.

A student denied graduation must complete the requirements for graduation and reapply for graduation.

A student must be registered for the term in which the degree is received.

8.2. CONDITIONS
8.2.1. DOCTORAL DEGREE

Effective: March 28, 1989

AUTHORITY/SOURCE

Provost and Executive Vice President

POLICY

The University will confer the doctoral degree when the following minimum conditions have been met:

     ·     submission of the required application for graduation
     ·    recommendation of the faculty of the degree program and college or school awarding the degree
     ·    certification by the academic dean that all requirements of the degree being sought have been completed
     ·    achievement of the grade requirements as defined in 4.2.1.
     ·    achievement of the grade requirements established by the appropriate college or school for major and core courses and
     ·    course sequences
     ·    conformance to program's residency requirement, if one exists, and time limits
     ·    satisfactory completion and defense of a doctoral dissertation
     ·    receipt by the library of two final, approved copies of the dissertation and payment of microfilming costs

If for any reason the degree is not awarded, the candidate may reapply for graduation in a subsequent semester. The Registrar must promptly notify the candidate and the college or school if graduation is not approved for any reason.

8.2.2. MASTERS DEGREE

Effective: March 28, 1989

AUTHORITY/SOURCE

Provost and Executive Vice President

POLICY

The University will confer the masters degree when the following minimum conditions have been met:

     ·     submission of the required application for graduation
     ·    recommendation of the faculty of the college or school awarding the degree
     ·    certification by the academic dean that all requirements of the degree being sought have been completed
     ·    achievement of the grade requirements as defined in 4.2.1.
     ·    achievement of the grade requirements established by the appropriate college or school for major and core courses and
     ·    course sequences
     ·    satisfactory completion of a thesis, if required
     ·    receipt by the library of two final, approved copies of the thesis, if required

No student shall be approved for graduation before the academic dean and the Dean of the University Graduate School have certified to the Registrar that all academic requirements have been met. The Registrar must promptly notify the candidate and the college or school if graduation is not approved for any reason.

8.3. COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

Effective: March 28, 1989

AUTHORITY/SOURCE

Provost and Executive Vice President

POLICY

Doctoral students who have completed all requirements for the degree may participate in the commencement ceremonies.

Masters students who have been approved by their school or college may participate in the commencement ceremonies.