Degree/Certificate Completion and Graduation Checklist

• Schedule an appointment with a counselor, (708) 596-2000 ext. 2306, Room 2350, to assure your curriculum code is correct, and that all the requirements for the curriculum are met. (Requirements will be based upon the catalog in effect the year you began taking courses at SSC, as long as you did not have 4 consecutive semesters, including summer semesters, where you did not take any classes.)

• Students who did not graduate from a high school in the State of Illinois, or graduated prior to 1967, must complete the Illinois and United States Constitution tests. You may contact the Admissions Office to determine if you have met this requirement, main campus room 2230, or (708) 596-2000 ext. 2329 or 2340. If you know you need to take the Constitution test (online Constitution Study Guide), you can register to take it in the Testing Center, or take PSC 101 and PSC 102, or take PSC 105.

During the semester in which you plan to complete your Degree or Certificate:

• The Records Department will send you a letter identifying your status, as well as a form to indicate your diploma name and current mailing address. This form needs to be completed if you want an official diploma. As a student completes a Degree or Certificate, it will automatically be posted to the official SSC transcript, with or without a diploma.

• In the month prior to the yearly Commencement Ceremony, you will receive a letter outlining your participation in the Ceremony.

• The Commencement Ceremony is an annual event approximately scheduled on the 3rd Sunday of May at 1:30 p.m. and is held in the Physical Fitness & Athletic Building on the Main Campus.

NEXT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY:
Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 1:30 p.m.
Main Campus - Physical Fitness & Athletic Building

• A ticket is required for all guests attending the commencement ceremony, including children aged two and over. All guests should be seated no later than 1:15 pm. Up to three tickets are being distributed to each graduate in the Bookstore when the cap and gown packet is purchased. Up to two additional tickets will be distributed at the Student Life and Leadership Office of the Main Campus, Room 2239, beginning in the Spring of 2009.

• Buy a cap and gown set from the SSC bookstore:
  
• Availablity and prices for a cap and gown set for the May 17, 2009 commencement ceremony will be announced in the Spring of 2009.
• All sales are final.

• All Honors Graduates are eligible to purchase an honors cord on Commencement Day for $7.00 cash at the Registration counter. Students will receive a letter if they have obtained honors status.