Are you completing a degree and/or certificate this semester?
If so, apply for graduation by the published deadline printed in the Class Schedule during the term you will be completing your requirements:
- Forms available online and at the Admissions and Records Office at your campus.
- Fill in form legibly and completely.
- The name you request to be printed on your diploma must match college records – you can do this by completing the Demographic Change form.
- Check to make sure the certificate/degree program on your Graduation Application matches your declared major – refer to the Catalog or log into your student account to see your declared major.
- A separate Graduation Application is required for each certificate/degree.
Transfer credit to FRCC
If you want college credits from another institution evaluated to transfer credits into FRCC, your official transcripts must be mailed directly to FRCC. Transcript Request from Previous School form.
You will also need to complete a Transfer Credit Evaluation Request form by the same deadline as your Graduation Application. Submit this form to the Admissions and Records Office. Transfer Credit Evaluation Request form.
Approved Credit for Prior Learning must be submitted by Graduation Application deadline
Take the CAAP Test (College Assessment of Academic Proficiency)
Register for the exam online or by calling the Testing Center at your campus.
- Boulder County (303) 678-3647
- Larimer (970) 204-8188
- Westminster (303) 404-5338
Sign up at least two weeks in advance of the date you wish to take the exam
If special accommodations are required contact the Testing Center at your campus.
- Boulder County (303) 678-3647
- Larimer (970) 204-8188
- Westminster (303) 404-5338
Students required to take the CAAP Test to receive diploma:
- Earning an Associate Degree (AS, AA, AAS, AGS)
Students not required to take the CAAP Test:
- Earning a certificate, previously taken a CAAP Test or already have an AA, AS, Bachelor's or higher degree. If you already have an AA, AS, Bachelor's or higher degree, you must contact the Testing Center to receive your waiver.
Receiving an Incomplete (I)
If you have been assigned an Incomplete ‘I’ grade, you must have the grade change reflected in the FRCC database within four weeks of the end of the semester in which you submit a Graduation Application.
Attend Commencement
Attendance is optional: Commencement is in May at the end of spring semester. Students who graduate during summer, fall and *spring semesters are invited to participate in Commencement and a reception. Update your contact information (mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address) in your student account, so that the college can get important information to you. Commencement information will be sent via email or standard mail to all students who have applied for graduation.
*Spring Graduation Applicants:
Commencement information will be sent to all students who have applied for graduation via email or standard mail so plans can be made to participate in Commencement. Please understand that during the spring term graduation applications will be under review. Applicants will be notified of approval or disapproval approximately the first week of April contingent upon successful completion of current enrollment during spring semester (if applicable).
What is Commencement?
It is the ceremony in which your degree and/or certificate is conferred at the end of the academic year. Caps and gowns are worn by students, and after all degrees and certificates have been conferred as a symbol of completing their academic requirements students move the tassels on their caps from right to left. Please note that diplomas are not handed out during Commencement. They are mailed to the address on your graduation application six to eight weeks after the end of the semester.
Commencement Ceremony:
Receive diploma(s)
Diplomas will be mailed approximately eight weeks after the semester ends. Diplomas will not be issued to anyone who is required to take, but has not yet taken, the CAAP Exam, or to anyone who has a hold on their account.
General requirements for degrees and certificates
Requirements are found in the Catalog.
Contact information
Graduation evaluators
- Boulder County (303) 678-3636
- Larimer (970) 204-8245
- Westminster: (303) 404-5239
Transcript evaluators
- Boulder County (303) 678-3636
- Larimer (970) 204-8236
- Westminster (303) 404-5317
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