Graduation Timeline and Information
Fall 2024 Graduation Timeline and Information
| August 30 | Census Date for Fall 2024 – deny Summer 2024 graduation to remaining students with audits not equal to 100%. |
| September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, January 14 (2nd Tuesday of Each Month) | Graduation Services emails preclearance reports to academic departments to review students with an audit percentage less than 98% or equal to 99% |
| INITIAL REVIEW September 26 | Graduation Services sends an email to students confirming receipt of the graduation application and instruction to review their DegreeWorks audit. Students with an audit at 98% or 100% degree completion are considered pre-cleared for graduation. Students with an audit NOT at 98% or 100% require further review and consultation with an advisor. At this time, all substitution/waivers should be submitted by academic departments in order to meet degree clearance. |
| COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW October 15 | Mid-term degree clearance reports from academic departments are due. At this time, Graduation Services needs a response from the academic department for each student on their degree clearance report(s). |
| October 16 | Graduation Services will inactivate the graduation application for the current term for students not meeting degree clearance at the comprehensive review deadline (mid-term). Students (cc: advisor) will receive an email notification and instructions to apply for a future graduation term. This will allow continuing students to enroll for Spring 2025 when registration opens on October 28. |
| FINAL REVIEW & DEGREE AWARDING December 16 (noon) | Grades Due |
| December 18 – January 27 | Awarding period for students with audits at 100%. |
| January 6 | Graduation Services will send an email out to the students (cc: advisors) whose audits are not at 100% and recommend consultation with their advisors. This gives students time to register for Spring 2025 before the add/drop date (January 21). |
| January 15 | Must have approved grades for Incompletes, education abroad, and official transcripts for Transient Study. |
| January 27 | Census Date for Spring 2025 – deny Fall 2024 graduation to remaining students with audits not equal to 100%. |
Graduation Application Instructions and FAQs
- https://ninercentral.charlotte.edu/grades-transcripts-graduation/graduation/
- https://ninercentral.charlotte.edu/grades-transcripts-graduation/graduation-faqs
Graduation Preclearance Report Instructions
- Graduation Preclearance Reports are sent via email on the second Tuesday of each month.
- This report may be run on demand via Report Central, under the DegreeWorks tab.
- If a substitution or waiver is needed, please submit it as soon as possible by Academic Petition.
- Encourage students to update their graduation application to a future term if they are not on track for graduation in the current term.
- 98%-Students are on track, pending registered courses.
- 99%-Students are either short overall or major/minor hours, below a 2.0 overall or major/minor GPA, have not met the residency requirement, or have incomplete grades.
- Less than 98%-Students are missing a requirement, please check the following areas: general education, college, major, minor, concentration or University honors.
- Email graduation@charlotte.edu with any questions or to request individuals added or removed from these monthly reports.
Graduate Students Graduation Clearance instructions for graduate students is at this link.