You can view the status of your graduation request by accessing Minerva > Student Menu > Student Records Menu > Graduation Approval Query only once this function become available. The status of your request will remain "Pending" until ALL the steps below have been completed.

NOTE: If you try to enter your term of graduation again or if you check your Minerva Graduation Approval Query prior to the date it opens, you will receive a message stating that your record is not active 鈥� this is no reason for concern as long as your 鈥淯nofficial Transcript鈥� on Minerva displays the correct term of graduation.

Graduation review period:

Your Minerva graduation record will be reviewed using the following steps according to the graduation review period listed above.

1. ALL final grades for courses must be on your Minerva record in order for the graduation review to begin. Missing grades will postpone the review of your graduation request.
   1. Note: this includes听deferred exams, "K" extensions, reassessment requests and the like. These will all delay graduation until those issues are resolved.
2. Check your 鈥淯nofficial Transcript鈥� on Minerva to make sure that your programs of study are accurate as an error in your programs will delay the review of your graduation record.
3. Departmental Program Advisors must enter confirmation on the Minerva Graduation Approval Query that your program requirements (Major/Minor Concentrations or Honours/Joint Honours/Faculty Programs) have been completed.
4. Your Minerva graduation record will be assigned to a Faculty Advisor in Arts OASIS for review. You will be contacted via your 捆绑SM社区 email account during the graduation review period, should any problems arise. Please check your 捆绑SM社区 email regularly during this period to avoid a delay in your graduation. If you have any questions, submit a request thru .
5. The status of the Minerva Graduation Approval Query will change from "Pending" to "Approved" once your Departmental and Faculty graduation requirements (as per the graduation checklist) have been successfully met.
6. Your Minerva transcript will be updated to indicate 鈥淏achelor of Arts Granted鈥� only once the university鈥檚 Senate has approved the list of graduating students. At this point, you can request a letter confirming your graduation through Minerva (select Student Records Menu then Letters - Proof of Enrolment and Proof of Enrolment Letters).
   1. Note: At this stage, your 捆绑SM社区 record is considered to be final.
7. Convocation and the distribution of Graduation Diplomas is not overseen by Arts OASIS. You will receive your diploma at the convocation ceremony that corresponds to your term of graduation.

Note that the review of your graduation record is not automated. Once you select a term of graduation on Minerva, you will not receive a personal confirmation. A person will be assigned to review your Minerva record at both the Departmental and Faculty level only when the review for your graduation term begins. You will only have access to Minerva Graduation Query when it opens for your term of graduation as indicated in the Administrative Graduation Timeline.

Select one of the following three terms of graduation:

*NOTE: Students who are taking one or more courses at another university听 - on exchange, on term away, or via Inter-University Transfer - during their term of graduation WILL NOT be eligible to graduate at the end of that final term. These students MUST select the NEXT available term of graduation. (See 鈥淭ransferring Credit鈥� 鈥淯3 students and graduation鈥�).

For example, if your final term of study at 捆绑SM社区 is the Winter term and you take one or more courses at another university in the Winter term, your term of graduation will not be the Winter term. Your term of graduation will become the next term of graduation which is Summer.

A听Summer term of graduation听means that听your courses must be completed by the end of August听and听your Minerva transcript will indicate that you have completed your undergraduate degree at the end of听October.听It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to verify the impact that this may have on beginning studies or听employment.听Your听convocation ceremony will be held in听October/November.听听

A Winter term of graduation means that your courses must be completed by the end of April and your official transcript will indicate that you have completed your undergraduate degree at the end of May. Your convocation ceremony will be held in June.

• Go to Student Menu > Student Records Menu > Apply for Graduation for your Primary Curriculum
• Select your expected final semester of study.
• Your Minerva record must show that you are in your U3 year of study in order to be able to enter a term of graduation. If your Minerva record indicates U2 or that you are in your U3 year of study and you are blocked from selecting or changing your graduation term on Minerva, you must contact Service Point.
• Missed the deadline to apply for graduation? Complete the form here. NOTE: When entering a term of graduation, you must ensure that you do not have courses on your Minerva record for the next term of study. For example, if you enter a Fall term of graduation, you must remove your Winter term course registration to be eligible to graduate at the end of December.
• Double check to see that the correct graduation term appears on the upper-right hand corner of your record by going to Student Menu > Student Records Menu > View Your Unofficial Transcript. This is your confirmation that you have applied for the correct term of graduation.

*If you do not attend your convocation ceremony, your diploma can be picked up a month after the ceremony at Service Point. If not, it will then be sent to your permanent address as listed on Minerva (be sure to update your contact information!)

Make sure to have your contact information updated on Minerva in the case that Service Point, as an example, needs to contact you. To do this, go to Student Menu > Personal Menu > Addresses and Phones

• Ensure that you have declared the correct programs on Minerva to avoid having your record reviewed for the wrong program. If necessary, correct your program selection on Minerva. If you are blocked from making program changes on Minerva, contact Service Point immediately.
• Contact each of your departmental advisor(s) to confirm that you have completed your program requirements.
• Note that the minimum requirement is to pursue two programs (at least one Major and one Minor) in two different academic units
  1. If you are completing an Honours program, you must also have completed a Minor concentration, except for the following two programs:
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     2. Honours Mathematics and Computer Science
  2. Faculty programs do not require a second program
• A course can only count towards one program of study.
• All required and complementary courses used to fulfill program requirements must be completed with a grade of C or better. Students completing the requirements of an Honours or Joint Honours program may need to achieve a higher minimum grade.
• Courses in which you have received a final grade of D can count for elective credit only. If you repeat a course you have previously completed with a final grade of D, you will not earn an additional three credits when repeating the course.

• Ensure that you completed a minimum of 60 out of your 120 credits at 捆绑SM社区
• Ensure that you completed a minimum of 2/3 of each of your program requirements at 捆绑SM社区.
• View the Residency Requirement policy for more details.

• Advanced Standing or Transfer Credits that do not appear on your Minerva record cannot be used to complete program or graduation requirements. A maximum of 6 credits of elective* courses taught through online education may be used towards your Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Work degree at 捆绑SM社区.
• For questions about outstanding Transfer Credits completed during your Degree, please contact Arts OASIS
• For questions about outstanding Advanced Standing and Transfer Credit completed prior to your admission to 捆绑SM社区, please contact Service Point
• Your graduation will be postponed if you have unresolved Transfer Credit issues

• Document Deficient
• Missing Course Approval
• Missing transcript
• Freshman Courses Incomplete
• DA Hold (Associate Dean Hold): does not prevent graduation and does not appear on external transcripts
• Other: Tuition Fees, Library Fees, Permanent Code, etc.

For further information on holds, consult this website.

• 'I' flags (courses included in credits and GPA)
• 'E' flags (courses excluded from credits and GPA)
• 'A' flags (courses excluded from credits but included in GPA)
• This can occur if you have:

1) taken a course that is not approved for your degree

2) repeated a course that is considered equivalent to one you have already completed

3) two courses on your transcript that have the same course number.

For example, if you complete HIST 315 (Topics course) in Fall 2019 and completed HIST 315 (Topics course) in Fall 2018, you will not receive credit for both courses. If the topic of the courses is different, you must advise the department offering the course to enter an 鈥淚鈥� flag on both courses or enter the topic of each course on your Minerva record so that credit will be granted for both courses.

• Courses taken under S/U will not count towards your program (Major, Minor, Honours, Faculty) or freshman requirements.
• You may take only one S/U elective course per term, to a maximum of 10% of your total 捆绑SM社区 resident credits. You can find information on the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory policy here.
• For the 'Additional S/U Option Approved by Senate' calculation (not the standard S/U option):
  • We are not including the Winter 2020 term in this calculation
  • You were permitted 6 additional credits to use in Fall 2020-Winter 2021

• You may take up to a maximum of 12 elective credits outside of the Faculties of Arts and Science during your entire B.A. Degree
• If you are pursuing an outside-of-Faculty program, you may take up to a total of 30 credits (consisting of both required and elective credits combined) outside of the Faculties of Arts and Science during your entire B.A. degree.
• If you are pursuing two outside-of-Faculty programs, you may take up to a total of 40 credits (consisting of both required and electives credits combined) outside of the Faculties of Arts and Science during your entire B.A. Degree

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