Graduation
Graduation Check
Once students in their final year should request a Graduation Check to ensure all graduation requirements will be completed.
Forms are available online or from the Undergraduate Office. Deadlines to submit graduation checks are August 1 and November 15 for Convocation.
Application for Graduation
Students must apply to graduate to receive a degree or certificate. The
Application to Graduate must be submitted by
August 31 for Fall Convocation or by
March 31 for Spring Convocation. A student who fails to graduate must subsequently submit another application.
Completion of Degree Requirements
To qualify for graduation, students must complete both the degree requirements for their program type (as described in the section on Arts & Science Degree Programs) and must complete the course requirements for their major or interdisciplinary program (as described in the Programs section). The student may also have completed the requirements for a minor or recognition or both. The required Cumulative Weighted Average (C.W.A.) must be achieved.
Required Cumulative Weighted Average (C.W.A.)
The graduation standard must be achieved on an average of ALL University of Saskatchewan courses which credit toward an Arts & Science degree.
The graduation standards for degrees are:
| C.W.A. | C.W.A. in subject* |
B.A. or B.Sc. Three-year | 60.0% | 62.5% |
B.A. or B.Sc. Four-year | 60.0% | 62.5% |
B.A. or B.Sc. Honours | 70.0% | 70.0% |
B.F.A. | 70.0% | 70.0% |
B.Mus. | 60.0% | 62.5% |
*"Subject" means the major subject, the minor subject, the recognition subject, and the courses listed as a "major", if any, for an interdisciplinary program.
All University of Saskatchewan courses attempted which credit towards an Arts & Science degree are used in the calculation of the Overall C.W.A. and the Subject C.W.A. Failures are included if the course has not been retaken as described under
Repeating Courses. Students may not use a grade from another university to replace a University of Saskatchewan grade.
Note: Many programs include cognate courses in the major. Grades in these courses may be included in the calculation of the Subject C.W.A. as well as in the Overall C.W.A. For further information, consult the Undergraduate Office.
Alternate Graduation Standards
All students who do not meet the overall or the subject graduation standards are eligible to receive a degree or certificate if they meet the alternate graduation standards on courses taken from the University of Saskatchewan as follows:
Major subject: For the B.A. or B.Sc. Three-year degree an average of 62.5% is required on at least 24 credit units of senior courses.
All senior courses attempted in the major subject must be included.
For the B.A. or B.Sc. Four-year degree an average of 65% is required on at least 30 credit units of senior courses.
All senior courses attempted in the major subject must be included.
Overall C.W.A.
: For the B.A. or B.Sc. Three-year or the B.A. or B.Sc. Four-year degree or certificate an overall C.W.A. of at least 62.5% is required on the last 60 credit units or more attempted (including complete Regular, and Spring and Summer Sessions).
The student must also meet the regular or alternate graduation standards in the major subject.
Minor and Recognition: There is no alternate graduation standard for minors and recognition. The subject C.W.A. of 62.5% must be achieved if these designations are to be awarded.
Raising the C.W.A.: 18 Credit Unit Rule
See
Policies & Regulations in the following section.
Degrees with Distinction
Students in the B.F.A., B.Mus., B.A. Three-year or Four-year, or B.Sc. Three-year or Four-year programs, who earn a minimum C.W.A. of 75% are awarded their degrees with Distinction; those who earn a minimum C.W.A. of 80% are awarded Great Distinction.
Students who do not achieve Distinction or Great Distinction based on the standards noted in the previous section, will also be considered under the alternate standards. Students who achieve a minimum C.W.A. of 77.5% on the last 60 or more credit units attempted will be awarded their degrees with Distinction. Students who achieve a minimum C.W.A. of 82.5% on the last 60 or more credit units attempted (including complete Regular, and Spring and Summer Sessions) will be awarded their degrees with Great Distinction.
Both the standards and alternate standards for Distinction or Great Distinction must be achieved on University of Saskatchewan courses which credit toward the Arts & Science degree.
Students cannot achieve Distinction or Great Distinction on the Advanced Certificate or the Post Degree Specialization Certificate.
Degrees with Honours
Honours Standard: Students who have completed an Honours Program with a C.W.A. of 70% and an average of 70% in the prescribed courses of the subject of honours will, on the recommendation of the department and approval of the College, be awarded their degree with honours.
High Honours Standard: Students with a C.W.A. average of 75% and an average of 80% in the prescribed courses in the subject of honours will, on the recommendation of the department and approval of the College, be awarded their degree with high honours.
Alternate Honours Standard: Students with a C.W.A. of 75% overall on the last 60 or more credit units attempted (including complete Regular, and Spring and Summer Sessions), and an average of 70% in the prescribed courses of the subject of honours will, on the recommendation of the department and approval of the College, be awarded their degree with honours.
Alternate High Honours Standard: Students with a C.W.A. of 80% on the last 60 or more senior credit units attempted (including complete Regular, and Spring and Summer Sessions), and a minimum C.W.A. of 80% in the major will be awarded their degree with High Honours.
Students who have already completed all program requirements for an Honours degree, Certificate, or B.F.A. degree, but did not achieve the C.W.A. graduation standard required for Honours, are not permitted to take or retake courses to upgrade to an Honours degree, Certificate or B.F.A. under this policy.
Departmental recommendations based on a comprehensive examination, or other quantitative aspects of the student's performance, shall have a weight of no more than 6 credit units in the calculation of a student's C.W.A.
Both the standards and the alternate standards for honours and high honours must be achieved on all University of Saskatchewan courses which credit toward the Arts & Science degree.