Graduation

Requirements

Candidates for the associate degree must complete at least 60 credits and candidates for the baccalaureate degree must complete at least 120 credits to obtain a degree. All degree candidates must have completed all required courses, fulfilled the requirements of their majors, achieved at least a cumulative grade point average of C (2.00), and cleared all accounts with the College. Students are required to complete at least 30 credits at John Jay as well as 50 percent of their major. Students may NOT take more than 50 percent of the courses used to fulfill their degree requirements online.

Please note: students who plan on earning an associate's Degree must complete all degree requirements by the end of the Spring 2015 semester. John Jay will no longer award associate's Degrees after that semester.

Candidates for degrees are reminded that grades of INC assigned during the last semester of attendance in courses required for graduation will result in the postponement of graduation.

Please Note: that when a degree is posted to the student’s record, that record is sealed. Any requests for further updates or changes (such as grade changes) will be denied. It is the student’s responsibility to inform the Office of the Registrar if he or she is expecting any grade changes or any other updates before any degrees are recorded.

Application

Candidates must submit applications for their degrees on-line (visit the Jay Stop/My JJC) or in-person at the Jay Express Service Center by the date prescribed in the undergraduate academic calendar. Spring semester candidates must demonstrate the potential for satisfying the requirements of the degrees for which they apply. Lower seniors are encouraged to submit applications for their degrees at least one semester before they are expected to graduate.

Commencement

Students who have filed for graduation and have two courses or less to complete their degree requirements at the end of the summer session following the annual spring commencement, as certified by the registrar’s office, may attend the commencement ceremony if both of the following conditions are met at the time the Office of the Registrar certifies the graduation list:

• The student has registered for and paid for the required course(s) during the summer session
• The student has a minimum GPA of 2.00 (3.00 for graduate students)

Students who are prospective summer graduates would be listed as such in the graduation program.

Participation in commencement does not necessarily indicate the completion of academic requirements. The transcript is the official academic record and will indicate any degrees that have been conferred.

Diplomas

Students are advised via email to their John Jay College student email account to pick up their diplomas. Prior to picking up their diplomas, students must clear all outstanding obligations to the College, including exit interviews for loan programs. Outstanding obligations to the College will prevent students from receiving verification of their graduation.