Commencement Eligibility

To graduate on a given date, you must make application on a form furnished by the Registrar’s Office (also available online in PAWS). Submit the application to the Registrar’s Office when you complete 70 credit hours, or at least one year prior to your proposed graduation date. 

To participate in commencement, you must have successfully completed, or be enrolled in the semester prior to the ceremony, in all course work required for you to complete your degree. If you complete your degree requirements in January or May, you are eligible to participate in the May commencement ceremony. If you complete your degree requirements in July, August, or December, you are eligible to participate in the December ceremony.

Students who have completed all course work other than an internship, field experience, capstone, or practicum that by design or circumstance must be completed during the summer term or the January intersession can request an exception to these rules by making a written request to the Registrar’s Office at least four weeks prior to the commencement ceremony. You must have a 2.0 cumulative FSU grade point average and a 2.0 cumulative FSU grade point average in your major at the time of request, as determined by the official degree audit performed by the Registrar. Evidence must also be provided that you have enrolled in, and paid tuition for, the internship, field experience, capstone, or practicum that will meet the remaining requirements during the summer session immediately following May commencement or the January Intersession immediately following December commencement.

Participation in commencement does not confer a degree. Your degree will be posted on your official transcript and you will receive a diploma only after you have documented that you have met all degree requirements.