Requirements for a degree may be completed in the Fall (December), Spring (May), and Summer (August).  May Session completers file for Summer (August) graduation.  A student should apply for graduation in the term all requirements for a degree will be completed.  When this is done, the transcript will show the graduation date as occurring in December, May, or August.

To apply for graduation, the student should download and return the completed forms to Norcross Graduate School.  It is also the student's responsibility to pay the graduation fee to Student Accounts before submitting the application to the Graduate School.

Prior to the term in which graduation is anticipated, the student should review both completed and required courses to ensure the expected curriculum has been followed.  It is only at the end of the term that a student receives notice that graduation was approved or denied.

Graduation approval includes:

• o  No financial or Library obligation with High Point University
• o  No eligibility for dismissal status
• o  The minimum number of hours required by the program
• o  Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all graduate hours
• o  No incomplete grade
• o  Completion of any graduate preparatory course work
• o  Completion of all requirements within five years of the first enrollment in any graduate class

Graduation denial includes:

• o  Failing to remove incomplete grades
• o  Failing to complete the required program of study
• o  Becoming academically ineligible in the final term of enrollment
• o  Having outstanding University financial or library obligations

When graduation is denied, students must remove the reason for denial before applying for graduation again.  Active graduate student status is required when submitting an application.

Commencement

Commencement is the ceremony where students who have been graduated receive their diplomas.  It is held once a year in May.  It is for all students who graduated in the previous Fall, Spring, and Summer terms.  Students who do not graduate cannot participate in Commencement.

At the appropriate time in the Spring Semester, High Point University publishes all information about Commencement and related graduation events on the High Point University website at www.highpoint.edu.

Master's Degree Graduation Packet