Application for Graduation
Candidates for an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree who have completed three-fourths of the required credits should apply for graduation no later than one academic term before the term in which they expect to graduate. Students must graduate from a campus authorized to offer the major and degree to be conferred. If the students are not studying at such a Campus at the moment of applying for graduation, they must apply at a campus in which they took residency courses. Applications may be obtained at the Office of the Registrar and should be returned to that Office after they have been filled out and stamped by the Business Office showing that the non-refundable fee of $100.00 has been paid for the doctor, master, bachelor and associate degrees. Failure to comply with this procedure may result in the postponement of the granting of the diploma.
Any student who considers that there is an error in the evaluation of his application for graduation should report this to the appropriate Registrar within a week after the receipt of the evaluation.
The payment of graduation fees of any kind, the listing of the student as a candidate for graduation in any document and/or invitation either to the graduation ceremonies or to any other activity related to graduation exercises shall not be interpreted as an offer to graduate until the Registrar’s office certifies that the student has completed all requirements for the degree.
Only the completion of all requirements listed in this catalog or in any other official University directive entitles a student to graduation irrespective of any representation of any kind made by any official of this University.
Candidacy for graduation will be attained by the student after the faculty has determined that the requirements for graduation have been fulfilled. Subsequently, the faculty will present the degree candidates to the President of the University and to the Board of Trustees.
Students that have completed the graduate requirements and paid the graduation fee, but interrupt their studies, have the right that their payment be considered effective for four regular semesters or two academic years from the date of the last term in which they studied.