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Graduation App Status
Students have the ability to view and monitor the status of their filed graduation application(s) using the View Your Filed Graduation Application Status task within SalukiNet. Information provided in this task includes: graduation term/date, status of the application, curriculum applied for, Carbondale campus Commencement attendance, diploma name, diploma mailing address, and diploma release status.
NOTE: After submitting your graduation application, please wait 24 hours for the system to update to verify your application responses. If not correct after 24 hours, please contact the appropriate graduation office:
Undergraduate: graduation@siu.edu
Graduate: grad.graduation@siu.edu
Law: lawreg@siu.edu
Undergraduate students should monitor their degree progress in the Degree Works platform. (In SalukiNet, go to the Registrar -> Academic Records & Graduation task center and then launch the Degree Works task.) Effective Fall 2017, most undergraduate degree candidates will be evaluated and cleared for degrees based on their Degree Works audit. Students should contact their academic advisor with any questions or concerns about requirements that do not show as met on their Degree Works audit.
The following is a typical sequence of status values for most students:
Applied for Degree
This is the starting status for all degree candidates, indicating that the application was properly received and posted into the system.
Degree Awarded, Diploma not yet Released
This status is assigned after a satisfactory evaluation by the appropriate Graduation Office staff. This evaluation usually starts after all grades are fully processed – the week after the end of the graduation term – and is typically completed within ten weeks after the end of the graduation term.
Degree Awarded, Diploma Released
After the degree has been awarded, this status is assigned once the diploma has been mailed (via USPS to the address displayed in the task) or has been picked up by the student.
Degree to be Awarded at end of Term
This status is assigned when a candidate's requirements are completed and verified by the Graduation Office staff prior to the end of a graduation term, but the degree cannot be awarded until after the end of the graduation term.
Application for Degree Being Evaluated
This status is assigned when an evaluation is in process but the degree cannot yet be awarded. Students with this status should contact their academic advisor for details on why their degree is Pending and to determine if there is any action needed on their part before the Graduation Office evaluates their record for the final time.
Not Eligible to be Awarded the Degree
This status is assigned when the determination is made that the degree candidate did not successfully complete requirements within the required three weeks after the end of the graduation term. Students with this status should contact their academic advisor as soon as possible to discuss why they were not awarded the degree and how they should move forward to complete requirements for a future term (re-application may be required for that future term).
Graduation Honors
The undergraduate student's degree honors designation is printed on transcripts and on the diploma. Graduation honors are determined by first measuring the SIU ("institutional") GPA against the criteria below, then the cumulative All-Work ("overall") GPA calculated according to SIU policy from all undergraduate career work including work transferred in from other institutions. Both GPAs can be seen by the student within SalukiNet Self-Service in the "Transcript Totals" section of their Unofficial Student Academic Record.
Undergraduate students who successfully complete the requirements for the University Honors Program certificate receive that designation posted to their academic record at the time the degree is awarded.
Departmental Honors may also be posted to the undergraduate student's academic record at the time the degree is awarded for participating students in departments in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, and the College of Science.¹
Graduate students do not have special degree honors designation posted to the academic record.
Law students also have special degree honors posted to the academic record, transcripts, and diploma based on School of Law criteria.
The Highest Honors designation awarded to graduating students with an SIU GPA of 3.900 or higher and an All-Work GPA of 3.900 or higher.
The High Honors designation awarded to graduating students with an SIU GPA of 3.750 or higher and an All-Work GPA of 3.750 or higher, but one or both of which is less than 3.900.
The Honors designation awarded to graduating students with an SIU GPA of 3.500 or higher and an All-Work GPA of 3.500 or higher, but one or both of which is less than 3.750.
Double Major & Dual Degree
Students may earn two different degrees (e.g., Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science) simultaneously by completing the requirements for each degree and accumulating at least 120 credit hours. Each degree requires a separate graduation application.
Students enrolled in a dual degree program who complete more than half of the requirements for the second degree but graduate with only one degree initially may take up to seven years to complete the second degree. It is the student's responsibility to track deadlines and complete remaining coursework within this timeframe, as the University does not provide deadline reminders.
Double Major
Students pursuing a double major complete two or more majors within the same degree program (e.g., two majors within a Bachelor of Science degree) while earning a minimum of 120 credit hours. The degree requirements for each major must be met, but students are only required to fulfill the University Core Curriculum and school/college requirements for their primary major. A double major results in the awarding of one degree and one diploma, with both majors listed on the transcript.
Second Bachelor's Degree
Students who have already earned a bachelor's degree may pursue a second bachelor's degree by completing at least 30 additional credit hours, for a total of at least 150 credit hours. The University Core Curriculum is considered fulfilled by the first degree.
- If the first degree was earned at SIU, at least 10 additional credit hours must be completed in residence.
- If the first degree was earned from another university, at least 30 credit hours in residence at SIU is required.
Three-Year Baccalaureate Degree Program
Students may complete a bachelor's degree in three years by utilizing proficiency examinations to earn up to 30 credit hours. Students interested in this accelerated pathway should consult their academic advisor as early as possible to determine eligibility and plan accordingly.
More information can be found on the Second Bachelor's Degree page of the SIU Carbondale Academic Catalog.