Applying for Graduation
Graduation Applications must be filed no later than the third week of the Spring Semester to receive diplomas in May. Students must be enrolled in the academic year of the diploma request.
Arrangements for this process must be made with the Academic Advisor and Registrar. Students earning degrees or certificates must apply for graduation and pay the non-refundable $40.00 fee by the deadline. Only students who have met all the requirements for graduation from FPCC may participate in the ceremony. Diplomas will be provided only when all bills owed the college are paid in full.
Students eligible to receive multiple degrees and/or certificates must file for each one separately. One diploma is included in the graduation fee. Each additional diploma will incur an additional $10 charge.
Graduation requirements may be fulfilled using a catalog up to five years prior to graduation providing that the student was a full-time student in at least one of the semesters covered by that catalog. If a previously graduated student returns to seek another degree, the student must use the current catalog in effect upon re-enrollment. (Board of Directors Policy Revision June 2012)
Graduation Waivers and Substitutions
Special circumstances may require that specific program requirements be waived with the approval of the Academic Vice-President, Student Advisor and Registrar. Program waivers are approved when there is sufficient rationale and demonstrated competency that will satisfy a program requirement. General Education course requirements are only waived in extremely unusual cases.
Students with prior work experience or a combination of acceptable coursework may request an appropriate course substitution for a program requirement(s). Course content must be of equal or greater academic or technical content as that of the program requirement and be approved by the Academic Vice-President, Student Advisor, and Registrar. A course waiver or course substitution does not constitute a reduction in the number of the required credits needed to fulfill graduation requirements.