Students may graduate under the graduation requirements for the year in which they are enrolled for the first time as degree candidates at the College, provided they complete requirements within a continuous six-year period. In order to ensure that each student shares in the wisdom that goes to make up the foundation of such a school, the College requires all students to participate in a broad spectrum of academic disciplines. It includes those disciplines which help develop the contemporary, enlightened mind, namely, the humanities and fine arts, the social and natural sciences, and the reflective disciplines of philosophy and theology. The General Liberal Arts Requirements are applicable to all students receiving the baccalaureate degree or the associate degree.
Some departments offer a course to seniors which replaces the comprehensive examination.
A graduation fee is charged to cover the cost of commencement expenses. There is no refund of the fee for those who do not participate in the commencement exercises. Permission to graduate in absentia may be given for sufficient cause. Such requests must be made in writing to the Office of the Registrar.