To be eligible to
graduate, students must meet the followingrequirements:
1. University Requirements:
Be matriculated in the
University.
120 total credit hours
Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
Students must complete 30 of the last 37 credit
hours at SU. (special
cooperative programs areexempt)
Students must complete 30 credit hours by direct
classroom or laboratory instruction (not credit by
examination)
30 credit hours at the 300/400 level with grades of
C or higher Transfer students must complete 15 of their 30 hours at
SU 300/400 level courses taken as PS/F do not satisfy
this requirement
2. General Education Requirements
Complete all general education
requirements.
ENGL 101 and 102 must be completed with C
grades or higher or ENLG 103 with a C or higher if in 2008
catalog
3. Major Requirements (Checklists
link) Core requirements
Track or Concentration Requirements (if
applicable) 300/400 level requirements
Capstone course, internship, practicum (if
applicable) Complete Major with its required GPA
4. Minor Requirements (if applicable)
5. Electives (if necessary to complete
120 credit hours)
6. Submit an
Application for Graduation form to the Registrar by the
appropriate date (see
Registrars Website).
7. Make arrangements for the
repayment of any outstanding debt.
8. Return all
materials borrowed from the library or academic departments.
For more information please refer
to the
SU
Catalog.
Graduating Seniors
Note to faculty
with advisees who wish to graduate in the
next semester
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For students who have applied for graduation for the
following semester, you should inform your advisee to bring a printed degree
audit (called the degree progress report) to the program planning meeting.
If a student has not applied for graduation for the next semester and wants to
do so, advise the student accordingly and send the student to the Registrar’s
office (120 Holloway Hall) to complete this form immediately after your advising
session.
Students that apply for
graduation on time by completing the graduation application and submitting
it to the Registrars Office will have an additional graduation audit
completed by their Advising Services Coordinator.
Please review the degree audit with the student for
accuracy. You are looking for any transfercredits that have not been
posted or any irregular postings (any incompletes or grades that are not
reflected accurately in the student’s records.
1.If the degree audit
is accurate and the student
WILL be meeting all requirements pending successful completion of
ungraded coursework: Advisor and student will sign and date the
audit (near the bottom of the first page) and place it in the student’s
permanent file.
2. If the degree audit is not accurate:
If the inaccuracy is due to a waiver or course
substitutionthat needs to be made, the appropriate department
chair should send the waiver/ substitution form to
the Advising
Services Coordinator. The Coordinator will work with
the Registrars Office to have the course posted on the student's degree audit.
If the inaccuracy cannot be easily corrected,
please indicate the problem area by putting a mark on the audit in red or any
color other than blue or black. Send the audit via campus mail to
your Advising Services Coordinator for assistance.
3. If the student has a deficiency and needs to delay
graduation, please let your Advising Services Coordinator and the Registrar's Office
know, ASAP.
Graduation Honors
The student’s eligibility for
graduation with honors is determined by the honors standards in
place at the time the student graduates.
Recognition of graduation with honors at
the commencement ceremonies is based on the student’s cumulative grade point
average at the end of the previous grading period. Students recognized at the
ceremony may or may not ultimately earn graduation with honors. The official
recognition of graduation with honors appears on the student’s official
transcript and diploma and is calculated on the student’s final grades.
In order to be eligible for graduation
honors, students must complete a minimum of 56 graded hours of coursework at
Salisbury University, in which at least 30 hours of 300/400- level courses are
completed with grades of A, B or C. In addition, students must have minimum
Salisbury University grade point averages as follows: cum laude: 3.5; magna cum,
laude: 3.7; summa cum laude: 3.9. Students with academic
integrity violation may be ineligible for graduation honors. Students completing a second bachelor’s degree
will be eligible to graduate with honors only if they meet all graduation with
honors criteria using credits earned after their prior graduation.
