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Information for Students

Information for Students

Information for Students

Please check your BSC e-mail and campus mailbox regularly to avoid missing out on any important instructions. Birmingham-Southern wants to make sure that your graduation is an experience that you and your family will remember for a lifetime!

Here are some of the main instructions:

Application for Degree

You must fill out an Application for Degree Form with the Office of Academic Records before the beginning of the term in which you expect to complete your degree requirements. Failure to do so may result in a delay in the conferring of your degree.

Honors

Students who establish a grade-point average of 3.50 during their academic careers are graduated cum laude; those who establish a grade- point average of 3.75 are graduated magna cum laude; and those with a grade-point average of 3.90 are graduated summa cum laude.

Graduation Fee

A $200 fee is charged to each applicant for any degree to cover the cost of the student's diploma and academic regalia and will be added to the bill for the last term of residence.

Commencement Photographs

Every graduate will be photographed as they cross the stage and receive their diploma. A posed individual photo will also be taken of each graduate as they exit the stage. Free proofs of these photos will be sent by mail and e-mail to graduates and their families within one week of the ceremony. Print packages start at under $20; however, there is no obligation to buy.