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Graduation
Requirements
 Degree
and Certificate Graduation Requirements
Students may graduate under any catalog five or fewer years old at
the time of graduation except for students in the Nursing and Early
Childhood Development Programs. Students in these programs will
graduate under the program requirements in place at the time of
admission or re-admission to these career programs to ensure that
students completing such programs will be eligible for early
childhood education certification or properly prepared for the NCLEX
Licensure Examination.
Transfer hours and/or quarter hours from Edison will be managed as
follows:
Quarter hours from Edison will be evaluated and converted to
semester hours in the same manner as any transfer quarter hours form
another college. For career programs, students must have 15 semester
hours general education equivalency in required areas and meet Board
of Regents specifications. Advisors will use the Edison conversion
table for applying quarter hours courses to general requirement.
Students must fulfill the total number of all general education
hours, but may be one semester hour short in any specific area.
Graduation
Students nearing eligibility for graduation are required to complete
an application form by the seventh week of Spring Semester and pay a
graduation fee.
The student’s advisor and dean will certify on the application form
that the student will be eligible for graduation upon successful
completion of specified courses. The Associate Dean for Student
Development/Enrollment Management will verify that all requirements
have been satisfied prior to certification for graduation. Should
the student plan to complete his/her studies during summer and wish
to participate in the preceding May commencement ceremony, they
deadline for applying for the ceremony is the seventh week of
classes in the Spring Semester.
 Students
must submit necessary form, pay the graduation fee, and complete all
other college requirements in order to have their transcripts marked
as having completed degree requirements.
The degree or certificate completion date will be based on both the
semester when requirements are completed and the date application
for the degree or certificate was submitted by the student. Except
for extenuating circumstances, completion dates will not be
backdated beyond the academic year (Fall through Summer) in which
the application was submitted by the student.
Graduation With Honors
Students who have maintained a high level of academic achievement
may be graduated with honors. Honors designations and overall grade
point averages are: Highest Honors (4.0), High Honors (3.75-3.99),
and Honors (3.5-3.74). Designation of honors for the graduation
ceremony is based on the Fall GPA.
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