Candy Furo performs a credit check for an SBE student.
We monitor students' progress in a variety of ways and provide feedback to
students about their academic careers in SBE. Students may find out about
the status of their
degree requirements at any time by scheduling an appointment with their
advisor or with a student affairs staff member. The APAS report is an
excellent advising tool and provides information about student's progress
in their degree program. Also, there are some key points in students'
careers in which they receive formal feedback from student affairs
staff:
Application for Candidacy -
Students
must submit an application for candidacy to SBE 21 after 30
cumulative credits. Student Affairs staff monitor students' progress
toward
finishing the pre-candidacy requirements. Students receive information
about their admission to candidacy (upper division status), or about
how they're making good progress, or that they are not GPA eligible for
admission. If students are not GPA eligible, they are recommended to meet
with their advisor or with student affairs staff. Applications are
monitored each term until the student either gains admissions or changes
out of the school.
Preliminary Credit Check -
Student are
required to submit a graduation plan at 90 credits. Students pick up the
graduation plan in SBE 21 and then meet their advisor to plan out their
remaining requirements. After the advisor signs the plan, the student
must turn in the plan to SBE 21. Then the term before the student is
expected to graduate, the Student Affairs Office sends the student a
preliminary credit check which informs the student about which
requirements are still outstanding. The credit check also contains
information about how the student may pre-register for their SBE courses
in their last term.
Final Credit Check - During
the
student's term of expected graduation, the Student Affairs Office
performs
a final credit check. This credit check is to assure that the student has
indeed registered for the requirements which were listed as outstanding on
the preliminary credit check. If the student is registered for ALL
outstanding requirements, then the student is notified that they must
successfully complete those courses in order to receive their degree. If
all requirements are not in progress, then the student is sent a
discrepancy memo stating which requirements are still outstanding.
The degree clearance office in the Darland Administration building examines each student's record to make sure that all final grades were successful attempts and that there are no "Incompletes" on the record. If the student's record is complete, then the degree is posted on the record and the student is sent a transcript which lists the degree posting. Diplomas are mailed out approximately four months after the degree has posted.
