APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION FORM


   NOTE: IF YOU HAVE EVER PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION  FORM, 
   STOP!  PLEASE READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH.

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   If you need to update and/or change any data that you have previously provided to us on an
   Application for Graduation (for example the degree you are seeking, the major or minor you
   are seeking, the semester you will graduate, addresses, phone numbers, etc.), please DO NOT
   submit another Application for Graduation form. You must however, contact the Office of  Academic 
   Records, and let us know of your graduation data changes. 
  
   EXCEPTION: If your initial application was rejected because you failed to meet the minimum credit
   requirements indicated on the next page, you must submit another Application for Graduation

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   Dear Graduation Applicant:

   Thank you for submitting your application for graduation.

   As an applicant for graduation, it is your responsibility to review your academic transcript and monitor 
   specific degree requirements in order to be assured of meeting Dickinson State University’s graduation
    requirements. Following is a list of some of those academic requirements. Please read them carefully.

   Since it is your responsibility to monitor completion of these requirements, it is important that you fully
   understand them. Therefore, if after you have reviewed the information listed below you don’t understand
   any portion of it, stop by the Office of Academic Records for clarification. 

   THE “64”, “128”, OR “149” CREDIT RULES

    In order to be awarded an Associate Degree, a student must have earned a minimum of 64 total credits. In
    order to be awarded a Bachelor’s Degree, the student must have earned a minimum of 128 credits. In
    order to be awarded two Bachelor Degrees (EXAMPLE BA & BS), the student must have earned a
    minimum of 149 total credits.

   THE “16” OR “32” CREDIT HOUR RULES
    
    In order to be awarded an Associate Degree from DSU, the student must have earned a minimum of 16
    credits from DSU. In order to be awarded a Bachelor’s Degree from DSU, the student must have earned a
    minimum of 32 credits from DSU

   THE “32 UPPER DIVISON” RULE

    In order to be awarded a Bachelor’s Degree from DSU, a student must have earned a minimum of 32
    semester hours of UPPER DIVISION (LEVEL 300 or 400) credits for this particular degree. The upper
    level credits do not necessarily need to be DSU credits. Upper level credits are not required for Associate
    Degree recipients.

    If, after you have submitted this application, you change your mind about any data that you have provided
    (for example the degree you are seeking, major or minor you are seeking, semester you will graduate,
    addresses, phone numbers, etc.), please DO NOT submit another application. Instead, contact the Office
    of Academic Records, and let us know of your graduation changes. 

    Thank you.
  
    Marshall Melbye
    Director of Academic Records
    May Hall – Room 111