Degree candidates who are within two courses (a maximum of six credits) of completing their requirements at the end of the Spring semester will be permitted to participate in Commencement as degree-in-progress candidates under the following conditions: 1. The student must complete a petition form that is provided by the Registrar. The petition must specify the deficiency and include a plan to complete the course work, preferably during the subsequent summer; 2. The student must have a 2.0 grade point average both cumulatively and in the major at the time of the petition, since both are graduation requirements; 3. The committee, comprised of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Registrar, will review all petitions to determine if the students have met the eligibility requirements for participating in Commencement. The determination by the committee will be final, and no appeals of the decision are permitted. Students who are required to withdraw after the fall semester of their senior year are not eligible to participate in Commencement. Nor are those lacking credits due to a violation of the University’s integrity policy occurring in their final semester. Those students who are permitted to participate in Commencement will robe, walk, and receive diploma cases containing confirmation of in-progress status. Their names will be marked “Degree in Progress” in the Commencement program. Students who are missing two lab science courses, amounting 8 credits, will be permitted to petition.