GRADUATION
INFORMATION
For
information about the graduation ceremony
contact the Coordinator of University Ceremonies at graduate@kent.edu
330-672-2235 Office of the President, 2nd floor Library.
Each of
the undergraduate colleges and independent schools at Kent State
University award one or more baccalaureate degrees. The graduation
requirements for these degrees are outlined in the various college
and school sections of the current Undergraduate Catalog (
available at the Office
of Admissions).
Graduate
Catalogs which list degree programs and respective requirements
are available at the individual graduate schools. There is one
Graduate Catalog which includes all graduate and doctoral programs.
Undergraduate
application forms and information regarding deadlines
for submitting an application for graduation, may be obtained
from your collegial dean's office or the Office of the University
Registrar, Michael Schwartz Center. (The College of Arts and Sciences
has its own application forms, available at 105 Bowman Hall or
on the web at http://as.kent.edu.
The College of Education, Health and Human Services application
is available on the web at www.ehhs.kent.edu/oss.)
Graduation
With Institutional Honors:
Candidates
for baccalaureate degrees who demonstrate high levels of scholarship
throughout their undergraduate years are graduated with institutional
honors.
Honor
citations are inscribed on diplomas as follows:
Institutional
Honors is based solely on the GPA earned in all course work taken
at Kent State University, including original grades forgiven under
other policies. A minimum of 60 semester hours must be earned
at Kent to qualify. For the purposes of computing the final grade
point average and determining honors awards, the GPA is extended
to two decimal places and not rounded up.
Honors
candidates will be distinguished at the commencement ceremony
based on all their institutional academic work completed prior
to those courses taken during their final term of enrollment.
Posting
of Degrees:
Degrees
are posted to students' permanent academic records approximately
thirty days following the effective date of graduation. The integrity
of academic transcripts is fundamental to the validity of course
work and degrees certified by the University. Therefore, all student
transcript entries (grade and other notations) are finalized when
the degree is officially posted to the permanent academic record.
