As the fall semester comes to an end, it is now time for students who wish to graduate in May to take a serious look at their transcripts and determine if they will have fulfilled all of the academic requirements to graduate.
Often times when students do not graduate because of a missed requirement, it is something that could have been appropriately dealt with earlier if it was discovered.
If you want to graduate in May, the best thing you can do is to make an appointment with your academic advisor before the end of this semester and review the following:
1) Will I have enough credit hours at the end of the semester? Count up your current earned hours and add the number of hours you are enrolled in to make sure the total is at least 124 hours. Anything less than 124, you don’t graduate.
2) Do all the earned hours count? Check carefully your earned hours and look for any classes you may have repeated and gotten credit. Make sure there are no duplicate earned hours. If there are, you need to subtract the duplicate hours from your total. If you have duplicate hours and do not account for them, you may end up with less than 124 hours at graduation time.
3) Have I completed my major requirements? With your advisor, review your transcripts in conjunction with your program’s four-year plan. Make sure you mark the grade you received in your courses next to their titles on the plan. If you finish and there are courses unaccounted for, you won’t graduate.
4) Have I completed the GEC? Do the same with the GEC course listing. Keep in mind that you need to get to the third level of a foreign language and have to take two science courses. Also be aware that MATH 1000 does not count as one of the two required math courses, and if you took MATH 1070 and 1100, only one of those courses count toward your two.
These are steps you can do with your advisor to insure that you will graduate. Of course, if you have any questions see your Department Chair or Director of Advising for help.
In the end, remember that your advisor is there to advise, but you are the one responsible for completing all the academic requirements for graduation.
But if you take the time to carefully review your transcripts, you will be able to take care of problems before they put a crimp on your graduation plans.
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