Graduation Timeline and Information

Spring 2024 Graduation Timeline and Information

July 5Must have approved grades for incompletes, education abroad, and official transcripts for Transient Study.
July 9Census Date for Summer 2024 – deny Spring 2024 graduation to remaining students with audits not equal to 100%.

Summer 2024 Graduation Timeline and Information

July 9, August 13
(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% (2nd Tuesday of Each Month)
August 9 (noon)Grades due
August 13 – August 30Awarding period for students with audits at 100%.
August 15Final degree preclearance reports to academic departments for students less than 100%. Associate Deans and Chairs will be notified as well. At this time, GS will need a response from the academic departments for each student on their preclearance report. Please indicate:

(1) If the student should be denied graduation, OR (2) If other resolutions may apply, such as sub/waivers, transfer credit, credit by exams or incomplete grades.
August 15Graduation Services will send an email out to the students whose audits are not at 100% and recommend consultation with their advisors. This gives students time to register for Fall 2024 before the add/drop date (August 26).
August 16Must have approved grades for Incompletes, education abroad, and official transcripts for Transient Study
August 30Census Date for Fall 2024 – deny Summer 2024 graduation to remaining students with audits not equal to 100%.

Graduation Application Instructions and 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.