Graduation
2004-2006 Undergraduate Catalog | Catalogs

Graduation requirements for bachelor’s degrees

• A minimum total credit requirement of 120 acceptable semester hours. (Bachelor of General Studies and Bachelor of Professional Studies students have different requirements; students should consult a University College advisor)
• A maximum of 66 semester hours from any accredited two-year institution.
• Enrollment requirement of specific college and program (minimum 30 sem hrs).
• Minimum GPA of 2.0 in all Roosevelt course work.
• For students who enter Roosevelt under the age of 24 and with fewer than 15 hours of transfer credit, FYS 100 RU Ready: Navigating University Life is required in their first semester.
• All requirements and regulations of a specific college and program must be satisfied by the term of completion date.
• University Writing Requirement.
• General education requirements.
• A maximum of 12 semester hours of ELP courses (only after ELP 110 has been passed for an additional 3 semester hours).
• The number of external courses determined by the respective college.
• Courses in English and in mathematics offered at the 099 levels do not count towards fulfillment of the enrollment requirement, nor do they earn credit towards the degree.
• Return of any exit survey required by the University.

Application for graduation

It is the student’s responsibility to submit the application for graduation by the published deadline. This deadline is listed in each term’s Class Schedule and at www.roosevelt.edu/registrar. The deadline to file the application for graduation is one term prior to the one in which the student plans to graduate. Applications are available from the Office of the Registrar at either campus or may be accessed and printed at www.roosevelt.edu/registrar.

Graduation ceremonies

There are three graduations a year and two commencement dates, after the fall and spring semesters. Students may participate in the ceremonies only in the term in which their degree requirements are completed. A summer graduate wishing to participate in a ceremony may do so in the fall commencement following the degree award date.

Graduation with honors

University honors

A student who achieves a grade point average of 3.75 or higher for courses completed before the last semester will be acknowledged at the Commencement ceremony. Only those students who maintain a grade point average of 3.75 through the last semester will have honors recorded on the diploma and the transcript. The GPA is calculated on Roosevelt earned hours only.

Franklin Honor Society

Students who achieve exceptional academic records—GPA of 3.75 or higher—may be nominated by a committee in their senior year to the Franklin Honor Society. Its prime objective is “to emphasize scholarship and character in the thought of Roosevelt students, to foster the ideals of the university; and by recognition of students through election to membership, to stimulate the open-minded search for truth, the appreciation of intellectual excellence, and the democratic spirit which were outstanding qualities of Benjamin Franklin.”

Departmental honors

Students may be recommended by their department for graduation with departmental honors. Each department has its own criteria upon which to award honors. The student’s transcript will reflect this achievement.