Undergraduate Graduation

Process and timeline

Graduation v. Commencement

• Graduation (receiving a degree from UCSB) is separate from Commencement (participating in the ceremony).

• Declaring candidacy to graduate is mandatory to receive a degree; participation in commencement in optional.

• Students can graduate during any of the 4 quarters, but there is only one commencement ceremony each year.

• Participation in the ceremony has no effect on graduation and receiving a degree from UCSB.

• Effective Spring 2017, students are required to declare degree candidacy for graduation before signing up for commencement.

Process overview

• Students can graduate during any of the 4 quarters (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer).

• Undergraduate students MUST declare their degree candidacy online (GOLD) by the deadline (usually the second week of the quarter)

  • See http://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calinfo.aspx for deadlines.

• Option to declare candidacy becomes available 3-4 months before the deadline, in GOLD.

• Students may request to be added to the degree list after the deadline (students should email graduationmatters@sa.ucsb.edu).

• 4 degree analysts; degree check processing divided by major (single majors) and alphabetical (double majors).

Degree Checks

• A degree check is processed for every undergraduate student on the degree list for that quarter.

  • AAA/GOLD major progress check is used as the final degree check. A copy is archived in AAA and GOLD.

• Used to determine if all degree requirements have been fulfilled (or not).

• Students notified of the results (U-mail).

  • Clear-degree awarded

  • Will clear with satisfactory completion of work in-progress

  • Not clear

• Students who are “not clear” are notified first.

  • After all degree checks are processed, students who are still not clear are notified of their degree deficiencies a second time.

  • Students are given a deadline (NILS deadline) by which they must resolve all deficiencies, or their name will be removed from the degree list (“NILS” students).

    • For a specific quarter NILS deadline, email graduationmatters@sa.ucsb.edu

Timeline/Calendar

See Registration Calendar for specific quarter dates: http://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calinfo.aspx

Questions?

graduationmatters@sa.ucsb.edu

See also

https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/current/AcademicPoliciesProcedures/Graduation.aspx

https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/registration-enrollment/graduation-process

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