Graduation Procedures
If you are currently an LS&A Honors upper-class student, it is highly recommended that you apply for graduation two semesters prior to the time that you intend to graduate (for example, if you're intending to graduate in April, you should apply during the Fall semester of your Senior year). You may request an audit as a Junior but you should be re-audited as a Senior to check your progress. Although the on-line degree audit on Wolverine Access is a useful tool, it is NOT an official degree audit. The only official audit is the one that you receive from the Senior Auditor in the Honors office.
In order to request an official audit, please be sure to bring a concentration release form for each of your concentrations (goldenrod form for Honors concentrations, blue form for non-Honors concentrations) to the Honors Program office in 1330 Mason Hall so that your official Senior Audit can be completed and e-mailed to you. If you are doing Honors in just one concentration, but have one or more non-Honors concentrations, be aware that ALL paperwork will come to the Honors Program office. There is also a thesis card that you need to fill out when you turn in your release forms, which lets us know your specific area of research and allows us to send invitations to your parents for the April Honors graduation ceremony. You should also apply for graduation under Student Business on Wolverine Access. The sooner you get all of your paperwork to the Honors Program office for your official senior audit, the less chance there will be that you will have problems with graduation.
Please keep in mind that if you are planning to use your Honors thesis to fulfill your Upper Level Writing Requirement, you must have a Thesis Intent form on file with the Honors Program. A thesis Intent form can be obtained from either the Honors Program office (1330 Mason Hall) or the Sweetland Writing Center.
If you have any questions, please e-mail lsa-honors-gradwork@umich.edu or call (734) 647-7396.
