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Graduation
Apply for graduation audit
Look ahead to graduation! Undergraduates are strongly encouraged to submit their graduation audit after completing 88 credit hours. The graduation audit should be completed in the College Advising Office and then returned to the Office of the Registrar. Please review the graduation audit page.
Graduate students should submit their application for graduation two semesters prior to their anticipated commencement. Applications can be found in the Office of the Registrar or online.
- Apply for graduation (grad level)
- Apply for graduate certificate
- Grad certificate program outline
- Grad student permanent program
Checking your degree progress
Use our progress to degree system within GoWMU to check your progress on specific degree requirements, plot your future classes against a degree, and find help with advising. Try a 'what if' analysis to see what is entailed in changing your major. Information here. . .
Commencement
Take part in commencement if you are graduating. Reserve your place through GoWMU portal. You will find more detailed information on the commencement website, including the date, times (by college) for the next commencement ceremony.
A commencement ceremony is not held in August.
Getting your diploma
Your diploma is mailed several weeks after graduation. It bears your name, graduation date and degree (with honors, if so), and the University's seal and signatures. Though it shows full degrees - like Bachelor of Arts, or Doctor of Philosophy - majors aren't shown.
| Graduation | Deadline |
| Fall | Aug 1 |
| Spring | Dec 1 |
| Summer | Feb 1 |