When they enter their final term, candidates who expect to receive
faculty recommendations for conferral of the degree are required to
follow the procedures listed below:
1. Confirm that all
academic requirements are being completed. If a student is unable to do
so by the deadline date, both forms listed below must be refiled for a
later-dated diploma.
2. Ensure that related fees and any outstanding debts to the university are paid.
3. Submit the completed candidacy application form by the announced deadline, normally in early January, May, or October.
4. Submit a diploma application form by the announced deadline, normally January 2, April 1, or October 1.
Students are urged to submit the appropriate forms in advance of the
deadlines, if possible. If the diploma application form is filed after
the deadline, the school cannot confer the degree as scheduled, and
graduation will be delayed. Any student who misses the deadline must
refile this form in order to be graduated. All forms are available from
the student`s graduate program director.
It is the
responsibility of the student to complete all requirements for
graduation by the scheduled dates. Each student should consult with the
graduate program director of his or her program and with the Office of
the Program Director with respect to the completion of the requirements
for graduation.
Conferral of degrees and diplomas occurs once
a year at the annual spring commencement. Students who file the
applications and complete all other requirements for the degree by the
announced October or January date will get a diploma dated for the
respective month. They will not receive the actual diploma, however,
until the following spring. Any student who needs evidence that he or
she has earned the degree may submit a written request for a temporary
certificate of completion to the university registrar at the
Administrative Services Building on Busch campus. This request form is
available at the dean's office.
At the time of commencement,
degrees may be conferred in absentia only if the prospective candidate
has notified the university registrar that he or she cannot attend
commencement exercises. The diploma will be withheld from any student
who is under financial obligation to the university.
