Current Undergraduate Students
Graduation: Graduating this Semester
The following steps are required to complete the graduation process:
STEP 1: By now, you should have registered for your final semester.
STEP 2: Check that you have completed all your degree requirements:
- Undergraduates: Run your DARS Report to confirm that all requirements are met. If you encounter any discrepancies, make an appointment with a Herberger Institute academic advisor immediately. Summer graduates are eligible to walk in commencement and convocation if they have 11 or fewer hours left to graduate; contact an advisor for more information about walking early.
- Graduates: As a graduate student in the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, there are certain steps you need to take that ensure a successful, on-time graduation. Please review details concerning the graduation process for ASU here: Graduation Deadlines and Procedures.
STEP 3: To apply for graduation, complete the following steps by October 15:
- You can apply to graduate online or in-person. To apply online, logon to your My ASU account and click the "Graduation" tab in the My Programs and Advising box. Follow the instructions on the screen. The graduation fee will be charged to your account. To apply in-person, go to the Student Services Building (SSV) and pay for graduation at the cashier's office. Complete the questionnaire the cashier gives you and take it to the graduation office on the first floor of the Student Services Building (SSV).
- You can apply for graduation the semester prior to or the semester of graduation, but be sure to apply before the deadline to avoid a late charge. The names of students who apply after the deadline will not appear in the ASU commencement program. Note the deadline dates listed on the university calendar. The graduation office will check your DARS report or program of study to make sure that you have completed the requirements for your degree. Undergraduates who will graduate in the summer are eligible to walk in spring commencement and convocation if they have 11 or fewer hours left to graduate, but they will not receive their diplomas until all degree requirements have been completed.
- Order your cap, gown and invitations through the ASU Bookstore. More information.
STEP 4: Register to attend convocation and commencement
All graduation candidates who file for graduation by the deadline will receive a letter and RSVP form in the mail within two weeks of the graduation deadline (October 15). If you do not receive a letter, contact the Advising office in the Herberger Institute at 480.965.4495. Undergraduate students who are “walking” in the ceremony must pay the graduation fee and bring a copy of their receipt to Design South building (CDS), room 101, to receive information about convocation.
You must complete all your coursework and comply with the above requirements to graduate.