How do I know if I can graduate?

Review your DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) report.

Q: How do I review my DARS?

A: In your MyUW student center you will find a link to run a DARS for your current major and program. For more information.

 

Look for the phrase “all requirements complete pending final review”. This means that your degree requirements will be finished once you successfully complete the courses in which you are enrolled. 

* Remember that you may be completing final degree requirements based on your current enrollment.  Changing your enrollment or not completing current courses could change your degree completion status.

 

If you see the phrase “at least one requirement has not been satisfied” you still need to complete at least one major and/or degree requirement, based on your current enrollment.

 

In order to graduate, your DARS must say that all requirements are complete. 

 

If you are enrolled for a program you will not complete, you are required to undeclare your intent to complete it.  Contact the program for information.

 

If you are expecting exceptions to major or degree requirements or study abroad credits to be posted, you may want to follow up and confirm they will be posted in a timely way.

 

    • Seek assistance, if you need it, from:
      • Your academic advisor (listed at the beginning of your DARS or in the Student Center on MyUW)
      • Peer advisors in room 70 Bascom Hall—walk in Mon-Fri from 10-4 (Fall and Spring semesters only)
 

 

  • Apply to graduate via MyUW.   This will prompt the Registrar’s Office to conduct a final audit of your record.

 

Q: How do I apply to graduate?

A: A screen by screen demonstration.

 

 

* There is a notable difference between commencement (the ceremony you attend) and graduation (your record has been audited and all your requirements are complete).  These do not have to occur at the same time.  Whether you will attend commencement is a separate issue from whether you will graduate. For example, some students graduate in December at the end of the fall term, but attend spring commencement in May.