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Graduation
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Applying for Graduation (Undergraduate)

All students who wish to graduate from NAU must:

• File an application for graduation with the department of your major

The purpose of this application is to verify that you will meet all degree requirements prior to graduation.

We strongly urge you to begin this application process and submit your application for graduation during the first term of your senior year (the term before the one in which you expect to complete your degree requirements). Beginning the graduation application process early is in your best interest as it can alert you to any unanticipated course requirements with enough time to complete them before or during your final term.

Completed Graduation Applications are due to the Registrar’s Office by the date indicated below. Applications will be due to your college/department prior to this date, so please contact your college/department for their specific deadline date.

To insure that your name appears in the NAU commencement program for the semester in which you graduate, your application must be received in the Registrar’s Office by the following dates:

Fall Commencement Program Deadline:	September 24th
Spring Commencement Program Deadline:	February 10th
Summer Commencement Deadline:	See below

If you are a summer graduate and wish to have your name included in the Spring commencement program, follow the deadline date for Spring commencement. If you wish to have your name included in the Fall commencement program, follow the deadline date for Fall commencement.

Once your application is received, your program of study will be reviewed and you will be notified if adjustments need to be made.

Check List

	Pick up your Application for Graduation at the Registrar’s Office or from the individual colleges.
	Print out your degree progress report from LOUIE navigation Self Service > Student Center > Degree Progress.  Attach to your graduation application.
	Any changes to your original application must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office on a Graduation Addendum form. This form can be found on line at www.nau.edu/registrar and by clicking Forms or in the Registrar’s Office.
	If your application is received after the above deadline dates, we cannot guarantee your name will appear in the Commencement program.
	If you have elected to have your directory information unpublished but wish to have your name in the Commencement program, please stop by the Registrar’s Office to fill out a waiver form by the deadline date(s) listed in the above section.

Recognition at Graduation (Undergraduate)

Baccalaureate honors designation, on commencement programs, diplomas and transcripts is meant to recognize outstanding academic achievement by graduating students relative to their peers.

Baccalaureate honors are granted to undergraduate candidates successfully completing 45 or more semester hours of resident work at Northern Arizona University and having an exemplary grade point average with no more than six semester units of failing grades for the entire Northern Arizona University undergraduate record, regardless of whether the failing grades were unrepeated, repeated, replaced or averaged. Although failing grades may be repeated for grade replacement or grade averaging, the original "F" grades are still included for purposes of the policy. (Repeating a course in which an "F" grade was earned does not eliminate the "F" grade from the inclusion in determining Baccalaureate Honors.)

Appropriate grade point average thresholds will be specific to each individual college as determined on a percentage basis (top 5%, 10% and 20%).  These grade point average thresholds will be recalculated for each academic year using data from the preceding academic year.  

For each graduation period (i.e., Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter),  Summa Cum Laude will be awarded to candidates whose cumulative grade point average meets or exceeds the 5% threshold for their college.  Magna Cum Laude will be awarded to candidates whose cumulative grade point average meets or exceeds the 10% threshold for their college (but not the 5% threshold), and Cum Laude to candidates whose cumulative grade point average meets or exceeds the 20% threshold for their college (but not the 10% threshold).

GPA Requirements for Honors at Graduation

Spring 2009 through Winter 2009

College	Summa Cum Laude	Magna Cum Laude	Cum Laude
Arts and Letters	3.96	3.91	3.78
W. A. Franke College of Business	3.90	3.80	3.60
Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences	3.94	3.85	3.66
Education	4.00	4.00	3.93
Health and Human Services	4.00	4.00	3.89
Social & Behavioral Sciences	3.91	3.82	3.69

Baccalaureate honors designations by student names in commencement programs are tentative until all final grades are reported.