Psychology: Apply for Graduation

You’re typically ready to apply for graduation when:

• You’ve completed 90+ units, including transferred credits
• You’re entering your final semester
• You’ve reviewed your Degree Progress Report (DPR) and checked in with your advisor psychonline@sfsu.edu

Open Your DPR

1. Go to the Student Center
2. Open the other academic... menu
3. Select Degree Progress Report

Instruction Guide

Visit SFSU’s DPR Instructions for more detail and contact us at psychonline@sfsu.edu for specific questions or concerns.

Quickly Identify Unsatisfied Requirements

1. Click the Collapse All link.
2. Review each section status to locate unmet or in-progress requirements.
3. Open unmet (red box) or in-progress (yellow diamond) sections to get course details.

Note about DPR Requirements

• You must complete all requirements by the end of your final term to receive your degree.
• Visit our DPR Instructions for more details, and consult with your advisor psychonline@sfsu.edu for questions about degree requirements.
• If you've taken degree-applicable courses at another institution(s) that are not appearing on your transfer credit report, please request that official transcripts be sent to the SFSU Admissions Office upon completion of the course(s).
• Send by Mail:
  Attn: Undergraduate Admissions
  San Francisco State University
  1600 Holloway Ave.
  San Francisco, CA 94132
• Send electronically if the transfer institution offers electronic transcripts, please follow their online instructions.

Tips

If you see red boxes but believe a requirement has been met or waived, follow these tips.

In the degree completion program, we take care of submitting your graduation application to the University. You just need to let us know you’re ready.

To get started, please complete our short Graduation Intent Form so we can verify your eligibility and submit your application on your behalf.

What You'll Need

• Your full name and SFSU ID number
• The term in which you expect to graduate (spring, summer or fall)
• Confirmation that you’ve reviewed your DPR and spoken with your advisor psychonline@sfsu.edu, if needed

Submit the Form

The form takes about two minutes to complete.

Review

After you submit your form, we’ll review your DPR, confirm your eligibility and submit your graduation application to the University.

The $100 application fee helps fund our yearly commencement ceremony and pays for your e-diploma and paper diploma. The application fee and commencement fee cannot be waived. Once this fee has been paid, it can transfer over to the following term if your expected graduation term has been changed.

If a diploma name is not specified then the first, middle, last name and any suffix will appear on the diploma as it is recorded in the Student Center (preferred name is not used).

1. Open the Student Center
2. Navigate to your Personal Information section
3. Select either the Names or Addresses links
4. Edit, add or verify your Diploma Name and Address

Note about Names

Changing your preferred or Diploma name does not change your primary (legal) name. To change your primary name, complete the Name Change Request form (PDF) and submit using the below process:

1. Send the completed form as an attachment from your SFSU email directly to the Registrar's Office.
2. A physical signature is not needed if submitting forms via SFSU email.
3. The Registrar’s Office will review and process.

Application Submission Note

You may submit your application until the end of the term for which you are applying. However, we encourage you to apply during the priority period to avoid the $5 late fee so we can provide ongoing, timely feedback about your degree completion.

Please Note: To have your name and degree included in the annual commencement ceremony program, we must receive your Graduation Intent Form by March 15.

Do You Need to Be Excluded from the Commencement Program?

Students who have notified us to Withhold Directory Information (sometimes referred to as a “FERPA block”) will not be included in the Commencement Program.

If you do not wish to be included in the Commencement Program (but don’t have a FERPA block on your record), please email regweb@sfsu.edu no later than the deadline of April 1, and we will exclude you from the list of graduates in the program.