Graduation

For information on the Commencement ceremony, please click here.

Graduation Process

Candidates for graduation should apply to the Registrar's Office two regular semesters prior to the anticipated completion of graduation requirements.

How to Apply

1. Fill out the Graduation Application Form (see below). You can either print this form from the link or come to the Registrar's Office to pick it up. You will also need degree audits, available through WebAdvisor or from our office.
2. Take your degree audits to each of your advisors and get their signature.
3. Bring the signed degree audits and the completed Application Form back to the Registrar's Office.

Please note: this file is available in both MS Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You may need to visit the Adobe website to get the Acrobat Reader plugin.

Candidates are notified of remaining degree requirements approximately four to eight weeks after applying for graduation.

The final responsibility for being informed about and adhering to graduation requirements rests with the individual student.

Master's Degree

To see graduation requirements for a Master's degree, please refer to the individual program in the Academic Catalog.

Bachelor's Degree

To be eligible for a bachelor's degree, students must satisfy the following requirements:

• complete a minimum of 124 semester credit hours, 30 of which must be upper division courses numbered 300 or above from a four-year institution (or 40 for students using Acacademic Catalogs 2008-2009 or older);
• fulfill all liberal education requirements;
• maintain an overall grade point average of 2.00 or above;
• meet all course requirements and grade point average requirements in the major;
• fulfill the residency requirements in their governing academic catalog;
• maintain good academic standing.

Graduating With Honors

Honors are awarded to undergraduate students upon graduation and are determined as follows:

Important note: Grade point averages are not rounded in order to achieve honors. If a student has a final cumulative grade point average of 3.499, Westminster College will not award honors upon graduation. Similarly, if a student qualifies for honors and has a 3.849 cumulative grade point average, they will be awarded Magna Cum Laude and will not have their GPA rounded up to achieve Summa Cum Laude status.

Honors noted in the Commencement program are based upon the grade point average achieved by the end of spring semester. Honors designations noted in the program are subject to change based on the calculation of final grade point averages for students attending May and Summer terms.

Undergraduate students can achieve honors in two ways:

Option 1

Completing 60 hours of course work at Westminster with letter grades and achieving a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 or higher (as noted above). Note: If the student has a 3.50 or above GPA at the end of spring semester but needs May term and summer term hours to reach the 60 required, the Registrar will award anticipated honors for the Commencement ceremony and program.

Option 2

Transferring in with a transfer cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or above and completing 35 hours of course work at Westminster with letter grades and achieving a 3.50 or above Westminster cumulative GPA. Note: The Registrar will re-calculate grade point averages from all institutions and will include any recently taken course work to determine your final transfer grade point average.