All students must apply for degree candidacy in order to graduate and receive a degree. Graduation Services Advisors are responsible for making a final audit of each student's coursework to ensure that all university requirements for the student's degree have been met.
Students normally apply for their degree check in their final or penultimate semester.
More explicit information is available under the individual college listings on the Applying for Degree Candidacy Instructions page. The advisors make adjustments, if necessary, on the adjustment sheet and sign it. The sheet is then signed by the dean of the student's college, and forwarded by the college to the student's Graduation Services advisor for the final audit. If the Graduation Services advisor finds any remaining requirements during the audit, he or she will contact the student's advisor to see if the problem can be solved. If it is decided that the student is actually missing a requirement, either the Graduation Services advisor or the student's college advisor will contact the student.