Graduation and Commencement
Students are responsible for fulfilling all degree/certificate requirements and graduation procedures. Although academic program requirements may change with each edition of the College Catalog, students whose enrollment has been continuous may graduate under the current program requirements or any program requirements in effect since their enrollment. Students are not permitted to follow a catalog more than five years before their date of graduation. Students who are already admitted into or are in the process of fulfilling requirements for a career degree or certificate program under their original catalog may be required to upgrade to a more recent catalog edition, due to updates in industry, licensing, and/ or accreditation standards. A degree or certificate cannot be awarded once it has been officially withdrawn by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Every effort will be made to notify the student of such withdrawal. Students whose enrollment has been interrupted for two consecutive semesters (excluding summer) must follow the graduation requirements of the catalog at the time of reentry. Courses discontinued before the publication of a catalog selected for graduation may, on approval of the appropriate academic dean, be used to fulfill elective requirements within a program. If a student changes his/her program, he/she must follow the academic regulations and graduation requirements of the catalog current at the time of the program change.