Barriers to Graduation

Graduation Roadblocks

• Incomplete Grades

  If you have any Incomplete (I) grades, you will not be able to graduate and receive your diploma. Even if your Incomplete grade is not a part of the degree you could potentially graduate for, you will not be able to graduate. An example of this would be having an Incomplete grade in a Geography class and having completed and passed all the required courses to earn an associates degree in computer science: the Incomplete Geography class grade will not allow you to earn the associates degree.

  Addressing Incomplete Grades
  Meet with your advisor first. They may recommend reaching out to specific academic departments and will assist you with this process.

• Catalog Years

  Students have 3 years to complete associate's degrees and 6 years to complete bachelor’s degrees. If you take longer than these time allotments, you will be moved to a new catalog year. The catalog year is selected by the department and could impact your ability to graduate, as required coursework may change. Talk to your advisor if this impacts you.

  Graduate degree completion deadlines vary by department. Talk to your advisor for more information on your specific program.

• An Inactivated Graduation Application

  Your grad app can be inactivated for many reasons including incomplete program requirements, incomplete (I) grades or a financial hold. If you receive an email from the Graduation Office saying that your grad app was inactivated, reply to the email if you would like details or if you would like your grad app moved to another semester.

• Deadlines

  You must meet the required deadlines.

  Requirement Completion Deadlines
  You have 45 calendar days from the day grades are due for a given semester to resolve any issues related to your ability to graduate. If the 45th day lands on a weekend, you have until Monday. See information about this and other deadlines for more information.

  Graduation Application Deadlines
  You must submit your graduation application on time in order to receive your degree and/or walk at graduation. If you apply past the deadline you will automatically be placed in the next semester’s graduation. See information about this and other deadlines for more information.

• Declare Your Major

  Use the Change My Major app in your eWeber portal to make sure you have declared the correct major. The app also ensures the correct department is able to communicate about any graduation requirements you haven’t met yet.