The Registrar's Office will mail diplomas when certified. The Registrar's Office will mail diplomas when certified to graduate degree candidates. Repeal Section XII.C. Give certified diplomas to all degree candidates at a delayed graduation ceremony approximately one week after finals week. The Student Regulations Committee is recommending Option 2 to the Academic Senate. In any case, there is no orderly scheduling of these examinations.
Unorganized scheduling can be unfair and stressful to both the faculty and students alike.
If the exemption is retained, or modified as in Option 3, then the committee should suggest clarifications of terms and rules for exams held during dead week. Option 1 is favored by undergraduate students who prefer to use the finals week for job hunting, relocation preparation and hosting family and friends who come to Atlanta for the graduation ceremony. They want the reward of a real diploma and the feeling that they have successfully graduated. They want the graduation ceremony to be meaningful. Option 1 is favored by some faculty who think that, in a 15-week semester, undergraduate degree candidates can be fairly evaluated without a special exam in dead week or finals week.