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Graduation Requirements

It is the student’s responsibility to make a formal application for a degree, certificate, or diploma in the Registrar’s Office. Forms are available from that office or on the Portal. Applications for spring semester graduation should be filed early in the semester, no later than March 1. Fall graduation should be filed no later than November 1 and summer graduation by July

Students determined by the College to be eligible for graduation shall be awarded the appropriate degree, certificate, or diploma for their program.

Responsibility for meeting the requirements for a degree, certificate, or diploma rests with the student. In order to be graduated, a student must meet the following requirements:

• Submit an application for Graduation by the deadline. Applications are available on the Portal and from the Registrar’s Office.
• Have a cumulative grade-point average for all courses of at least 2.0. There may be additional, specific requirements for particular programs.
• Successfully complete all the requirements as stated in the catalog for the year the student was matriculated in or those in place at the time a change of major was recorded. Any change in meeting these requirements must be approved by the Vice President for Academic Affairs prior to registration for the semester in which the student expects to receive the degree, certificate, or diploma.
• Satisfy the College’s residency requirement: at least 30 hours of successfully completed credits taken at SUNY Ulster for a degree, 15 hours for a diploma, and at least half of the total required credits for a certificate program.
• Satisfy the College’s General Education requirements.