Conferral of Degrees

All qualified students receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts, which is conferred once a year at the graduation ceremony. The degrees are conferred only upon students who have completed all the baccalaureate requirements described above, who have no outstanding bills at the College and who are present to receive their diplomas (unless they have requested and received authorization from the Committee on Academic Standing for conferral in absentia). Any student who has completed the Writing­ intensive, Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning, Physical Education, and concentration requirements (or the department/program agrees to a plan to complete concentration requirements), has completed more than 29, but fewer than the 32 credits required for graduation, and has a plan for completing the remaining graduation requirements without returning for full-time study at the College, its associated programs, or College-approved off-campus study will be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony upon approval of their plan by the Committee on Academic Standing. Students with an approved plan who participate in commencement may not participate in any subsequent commencement ceremonies and will have their official degree conferral date set as the date of the graduation ceremony immediately following when they demonstrate they have fulfilled all graduation requirements.