Graduation Requirements
The College holds commencement ceremonies for graduating students in May for the Spring term and December for the Winter term. Students who complete their requirements for graduation during the summer will continue to be "officially" graduated and the degree awarded in August. There will be no negative impact on a student's ability to transfer with a degree. All students who complete degree requirements during the summer are invited to "walk" in the Winter commencement ceremony.
Students must apply for their degree in the Educational Records Office at either campus by the date published in the academic calendar on the college website and in the SCF Student Handbook.
Deadlines:
June 1, 2012: Summer 2012 Graduation Applicaton
Sept. 7, 2012 Fall 2012
April 6, 2012: Deadline to submit the online graduation attendance form to guarantee participation in May 5, 2012 Spring Commencement ceremony. Only graduate candidates who submitted the application for graduation by the published deadline and were approved are invited to attend the commencement ceremony.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
The steps in the graduation process apply to ALL degree programs:
1. Students must apply for graduation in the Educational Records Office at either campus before registering for the final term of expected graduation.
2. Students who are ready to graduate must submit an Application for Graduation by the prescribed application deadline during the term in which they plan to graduate as posted in the academic calendar. The application form must be completed and signed by the student, include the survey confirmation and $20 application for graduation fee.
3. An overall and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) must be achieved in the student's total credit program. The overall grade point average includes work attempted at previously attended institutions.
4. At least 25% of the hours of course credit required for degree/certificate must be completed at SCF.
5. All candidates eligible for the associate in arts degree, the associate in science degree and the associate in applied science degree are urged to be present at graduation.
6. Students are reminded that regardless of their receipt of the associate in arts degree, a "D" used to satisfy their degree requirements might not transfer, subject to the regulations of the college or university that they plan to enter.
7. All associate in arts students enrolled in any college for the first time after Jan. 1, 1983, are required to complete four to six communications courses wherein 24,000 words total are written with a grade of "C" or better and are required to complete a minimum of six term hours of mathematics with a grade of "C" or better in each course. (State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030.) This requirement is detailed in the section, "Gordon Rule Requirements."
8. The Educational Records Office will review the student's course requirements and notify the student through their SCF email account of the status.
9. Following completion of all graduation requirements, the Educational Records reviews, approves and certifies the graduate.
10. The Educational Records Office staff prints the diplomas, indicates honors if applicable, including participant in the Phi Theta Kappa Society, and mails the diploma and official transcript to each graduate.
