How to graduate (February/June 2024)

When you are preparing to graduate at Tufts, there are quite a few things you need to do. The following information comes to you from Megan Monaghan, our CS Department Advising Specialist (with light editing from Mark Sheldon for formatting on the web).

Please get materials to us several days before the ultimate deadline.

It can take a few days for something submitted to the department to get reviewed, signed, and returned to the student. If there is a problem, you also want to time to be notified and to address the issue.

All students

• More information on graduation, including what is required for a graduation paperwork packet, how to apply for graduation in SIS, and various deadlines, can be found at the Tufts page on applying to graduate.
• Here are instructions on how to run your degree audit (the tool Tufts uses to track degree progress) and save it as a PDF.
• Please clearly name any files you’ll be uploading for signature. A naming convention for each type of student is included in the instructions below.

All CS minors (A&S and SoE)

• Fill out the CS minor checklist form and sign.
• For any F23 classes, please use a grade of IP for in progress
• For any SP24 classes, use a grade of TBD
• Please name your saved checklist “Lastname Firstname CS minor checklist”
• Upload the completed checklist to the CS Minor Box folder.

Your checklist will be reviewed, signed, and returned to you via email. You can then upload your minor checklist with the rest of your graduation paperwork.

A&S CS majors or SoE students with CS as a second major through A&S

• Fill out the CS major checklist form. The only signature you are responsible for is your own!
• For any F23 classes, please use a grade of IP for “in progress.&rdauo;
• For any SP24 classes, use a grade of TBD.
• Please name your saved checklist “Lastname Firstname CS major checklist”
• Upload the completed checklist to the CS A&S major checklist Box folder.

Note: A&S students need to include their degree audit with their graduation paperwork, but it only needs to be signed by you, the student. SoE students do need their audit signed, but only for their primary SoE major. So A&S students, and SoE students with CS as a second major through A&S, should only be uploading their CS major checklist to this Box.

Your checklist will be reviewed, we will get your advisor and program coordinator’s signatures, and the fully signed form will be returned to you via email. You can then upload your minor checklist with the rest of your graduation paperwork.

SoE BSCS and BSDS majors

• You will need to submit a copy of your degree audit. The only signature you are responsible for is your own!
• Your audit must be “finished” before you can submit it. A “finished” audit is one that lists all requirements as either complete (green check) or in progress (blue ellipsis). This means you will likely have to register for your Spring courses (unless you’re a February candidate!), and definitely have any potential course substitution petitions fully approved, prior to submitting your audit for signature.
• If you need to petition a course substitution, the form can be found on the Tufts student forms page.
• Please name your file “Lastname Firstname [BSCS/BSDS] audit” Upload your audit to the SoE BSCS/BSDS audit folder on Box.

Your audit will be reviewed, we will get your advisor and ABET coordinator’s signature, and the fully signed audit will be returned to you via email. You can then upload your audit with the rest of your graduation paperwork.