{"id":60,"date":"2017-08-16T09:58:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T23:17:42","slug":"getting-ready-to-graduate-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/getting-ready-to-graduate-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready To Graduate FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p>Congratulations, you\u2019ve successfully completed all of your course work and you\u2019re ready to graduate.\u00a0 Here are answers to some questions you may have at this stage.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Do I have to apply to graduate?&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Do I have to apply to graduate?&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000080\"><em>No, once you&#8217;ve completed all of your course work, your name is automatically forwarded to Academic Council for graduation. We have five graduation periods throughout the year, normally: February, May, July,\u00a0 October and December.\u00a0 Your degree will be mailed from the Registrar&#8217;s Office a few weeks after your graduation date. You can find more information here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/current-students\/graduation-convocation\">Graduation &amp; Convocation Page.<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000080\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Can I put BA after my name as soon as I finish my courses?&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Can I put BA after my name as soon as I finish my courses?&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><span style=\"color: #000080\">No, you must wait until you&#8217;ve graduated. As noted above, this happens five times a year so you don\u2019t have to wait very long before you can list your credential.<br \/><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;How do I find out about attending Convocation?&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;How do I find out about attending Convocation?&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 10pt\">You&#8217;ll normally receive a notice that convocation is upcoming. We have two ceremonies a year, usually in June and November. You&#8217;ll be advised to visit the convocation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/current-students\/graduation-convocation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webpage <\/a>for details.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;How long do I have after I complete my courses to download material from Moodle?&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;How long do I have after I complete my courses to download material from my Moodle courses?&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalroads.atlassian.net\/wiki\/spaces\/ITKNOW\/pages\/5833883\/Prepare+to+Graduate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepare to graduate page<\/a> in the IT Knowledgebase.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations, you\u2019ve successfully completed all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/baisprogramguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}