Ohio Wesleyan University confers degrees on four dates within the year: May, June, August, and December. A Commencement Ceremony is held once a year in the month of May.
To be considered for a degree, a student must fill out the Application for Graduation (a .pdf version is also available here) no later than October 1st of the student's Junior year. The completed Application for Graduation implies that the student and their advisor have reviewed the plan for completion of all general education, major, and minor requirements by the anticipated graduation date. All intended majors and minors must be requested and approved online before an application can be turned in. This can be done with our Major/Minor Request system. Any change to a student's major and minor after the submission of the application for graduation must be made via petition. Faculty advisors and the Office of the Registrar are available to offer some assistance to students with questions in regards to their majors and minors, but the ultimate responsibility of meeting all requirements for the degree rests entirely with the individual student.
Students are responsible for reviewing the catalog and knowing their degree requirements. It is up to students to review their progress after each semester to ensure they are staying on track to graduate. Degree audits can be reviewed by students and advisors at degreeaudit.owu.edu. The audit will show which courses are needed to complete a specific major and what courses have been completed or are in progress. It is in a student's best interest to review their audit and make sure it looks correct. If corrections are needed please reach out to the Office of the Registrar at registrar@owu.edu. Course substitutions within a major require the approval of a department chair in order for the Office of the Registrar to make the change to a student's degree audit.
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Requirements for all degrees and programs can be found here.
Students who have at least 32 total completed and in-progress units toward graduation at the Spring semester withdrawal deadline will be eligible to participate in the May Commencement Ceremony. Your intention to participate in Commencement must be stated via the Graduation Application that should submitted to the Office of the Registrar by October 1st of your junior year.