Eligibility and Timing for a Graduation-Prospect Certificate

Eligibility during the 2025 academic year

For issuance during the first-semester period, you must have earned at least 93 of the credits required for graduation at the start of the fourth-year first semester. You must also have no more than three unearned required courses allocated to years 1–3.

For issuance during the second-semester period, you must have earned at least 109 required graduation credits at the end of the fourth-year first semester. You may have no more than two unearned required courses allocated to years 1–3, and any such unearned courses must be courses allocated to the second semester.

Eligibility during the 2026 academic year

For issuance during the first-semester period, at the start of the fourth-year first semester you must have earned at least 93 credits required for graduation and have no more than three unearned required courses allocated to years 1–3.

For issuance during the second-semester period, at the start of the fourth-year second semester you must have earned at least 109 credits required for graduation. You must have no unearned required courses allocated to the first semester, and all year-long required courses must be either completed or currently being taken. You may have no more than two unearned required courses allocated to the second semester or offered throughout the year in years 1–3.

Issuance timing and leave of absence

A student who has progressed to the fourth year and meets the stated issuance criteria may receive a graduation-prospect certificate from early April. The date on which issuance begins is announced by posted notice.

A graduation-prospect certificate cannot be issued while you are on leave of absence.

Treatment of fourth-year required courses

For social adult-course students who earned fourth-year required courses during years 1–3, those courses are treated as fourth-year required courses when deciding whether a graduation-prospect certificate may be issued.