Graduation

Graduation Application General Requirements
Diploma Replacement Form Specific Requirements
Tech Prep Credit Guarantee Program

Candidates for graduation must make application for graduation. Deadline for application is November 1 and March 1 of each year. There is no fee to apply for graduation from South Plains College. Students who wish to replace a diploma that has been awarded will be charged a fee of $25, and must complete the required forms.

To apply for graduation:

Print Graduation Application and mail to:

South Plains College
Admissions and Records Office
ATTN: Graduation Clerk
1401 South College Avenue
Levelland, TX 79336

Mail Diploma Replacement Order Form and Tech Prep Credit Application to address above.

Commencement Exercises

South Plains College holds commencement exercises once a year in May. Graduates are required to participate in commencement exercises unless they are given permission to graduate in absentia. Students who complete the requirements for graduation during the summer should apply for graduation during the previous spring semester and may participate in the May commencement exercises.

Honor Graduates

In order to qualify for designation as an honor graduate, the student must meet the following criteria:

Associate Degree

  1. Must have completed at least 45 college-level semester hour credits at South Plains College when an application for graduation is submitted or be enrolled in sufficient college-level hours to complete 45 semester hours credit at the end of the semester in which the application was made.
  2. Must be either enrolled at South Plains College in a course of study that would complete all specified program requirements or be able to complete them during the succeeding summer session.

Certificate of Proficiency

  1. Must have completed at least 10 college-level semester hour credits at South Plains College when an application for graduation is submitted.
  2. Must be either enrolled at South Plains College in a course of study that would complete all specified program requirements or be able to complete them during the succeeding summer session.

The following cumulative grade point averages (GPAs) determine which students qualify as honor graduates:

  • 4.00 Highest Honors
  • 3.85 to 3.99 Honors

Students who raise their GPAs as a result of spring and/or summer semester grades, and therefore qualify for honor student status, will have the accomplishment noted on their final academic record.

The honors eligibility will be based on your final GPA at the time of your graduation application.

Degree Limitations

Degree plans initiated under requirements set forth in a college catalog more than six years in publication must be evaluated. The instructional division will determine the extent to which semester credit hours previously earned will apply to degree requirements listed in the most current college catalog.

 


For more information call (806) 894-9611, ext. 2374 or email aochoa@southplainscollege.edu.