Requirements for Successful Completion of a Certificate Program

It is very important that certificate students comply with these completion instructions; certificate completions cannot be processed retroactively.

Before the end of the add/drop period (add/drop period dates can be found in the School’s academic calendar) of the term in which you are taking your last certificate course, please complete and submit the Notification of Certificate Program Completion form. When completing the form, please be sure to include information about any approved changes to the certificate curriculum that you made in completing the coursework in the comments field on the form. 

Once the form is submitted:

• The academic department sponsoring the certificate program will verify that you have completed the appropriate coursework and will forward your completion form to the Office of Records and Registration.

  Please note: The certificate document cannot be granted and the program cannot be included in the transcript until the form is submitted to, and verified by, the certificate program.

• Certificate documents are ordered three times per year: after the final day of classes for Summer Term, Term 2, and Term 4. The certificate document will be ordered on the first of these three dates to pass following form submission and verification by the certificate program.   

  Please allow up to 90 days after the ordering date for your certificate document to arrive. If you have any questions about the ordering and shipping process, please contact SEAM.

Certificate completions cannot be processed retroactively; the notification of certificate program completion form must be submitted before the end of the add/drop period of the term in which a student is taking their last certificate course. Failure to submit this form in a timely manner may result in loss of interest subsidy on any subsidized federal direct loans and/or non-compliance with Satisfactory Academic Progress due to extended length of the program.