Student Expense Budget The following budgets are those typically used to calculate the financial need of students with the characteristics indicated below. Adjustments to these typical budgets are made to reflect special needs of different individual students. (The following budgets reflect those used for the 1986-87 academic year. The 1987-88 budgets will be similar but with appropriate adjustments for cost of living increases or tuition and fee increases, etc.) GRADUATION Single Students Married Living Student! Multiple On Off No Member At Home Campus Campus Children Family Number of months covered by budget 9 9 9 12 Tuition and Fees $1017 $1017 $1017 $1356 $10,238(1 child) Books and Supplies 360 360 360 480 12,238 (2 children) Housing and Food 1101 2835 2835 3780 14,240 (3 children) Personal, Miscellaneous & Medical Expense 900 900 900 2321 Other Budgets Avail. Transportation 675 675 675 900 Total Estimated Budget $4053 $5787 $5787 $8837 Additional expense for out-of-state tuition and fees $1707. All costs are subject to change and all funding subject to availability of funds. Aid Received by Entering Students The following information describes the financial aid that was awarded to students by income, provided as a description of institutional practices with the understanding that individual awards vary according to need and that changes in funding levels may influence awards in subsequent years. % of Needy Number of Students Program Offered Aid Awards Who Applied Average Range of Family Income 1985-1986 Amount On time Award Awards 0-5,999 1,561 $3,031,558 100 $1,942 $200-5,000 6,000-11,999 750 1,402,000 100 1,869 200-5,000 12,000-17,000 336 554,697 100 1,650 200-5,000 18,000-over 332 214,960 100 647 200-5,000 Totals 2,979 $5,203,215 100 $1,747 $200-5,000 Total aid offered was composed of 60% grants and 40% in the form of loans and/or college work study (self help). Tables can be produced for dependent, independent, single, married students, etc. 12 Location: Administration Building, Room 102 Telephone: 626-6739/6740 Weber State College grants the degrees of Master of Education, Master of Professional Accountancy, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Integrated Studies; and titles of Associate of Arts, Associate of Science and Associate of Applied Science; and awards Institutional Diplomas and Institutional Certificates. GENERAL INFORMATION Application for Graduation A candidate for graduation should file an application for graduation, obtained at the Graduation Office, at least three quarters prior to the quarter the student plans to finish. Students who fail to apply prior to March 15 for Spring Commencement will automatically be moved to summer quarter for an evaluation and graduation. Applicants will receive a written report on their standing for graduation upon which to plan the work for their senior year. Students who complete degree requirements during any quarter of the academic year will receive their diploma after Spring Commencement An official letter of completion signed and sealed by the Director of Academic Records may be obtained on request for purposes of employment or promotion. The only exception to the above policy will be candidates for one-year certificates. Applications for any award will not be considered during the last few weeks before commencement unless special permission is given by the Director of Academic Records. A candidate for graduation must pay the graduation fee at the Cashier's Office at the time of application. For students to be admitted to candidacy for any degree or title, their academic record must show that they have satisfied the entrance requirements and that they can fulfill the requirements for graduation. No credit obtained prior to the time a student matriculates will be used toward graduation requirements unless approved by the Graduation Committee. The student must have cleared all College financial obligations in order to graduate. Change in Graduation Requirements Bachelor degree candidates normally will be held to the requirements in the catalog published four years prior to their graduation. Students who take longer than four years to complete the requirements may follow the catalog under which they were admitted for a maximum of six years. When students take longer than six years to graduate, they must choose the requirements from any one catalog published within the six-year period prior to their graduation. Associate degree candidates normally will be held to the requirements in the catalog published two years prior to their graduation. Students who take longer than two years to complete the requirements may follow the catalog under which they were admitted for a maximum of three years. When the student takes longer than three years, they must choose from any one catalog published within the three-year period prior to their graduation. 13 Where there is a written agreement between a department chair and a student, graduation requirements within a student's major or minor may be met by completing the requirements outlined in any catalog published more recently than the one under which they were admitted. Students may not select different catalogs to fulfill major/minor and general education requirements. Once a catalog is selected, students must abide by all the graduation requirements specified within that single catalog. When students declare a major, they may be held to the major requirements in the most recent catalog. However, the time limits set in both paragraphs above would still apply. Grade Requirements Students must attain an average grade point of at least 2.00 for all their registered work Not more than 30 quarter hours of D grade credit may be applied toward graduation. The school or department, however, may reject any or all D grade work toward the major or minor requirements. Honors at Graduation Candidates for graduation at Weber State College may receive honors in relation to their achievement in all their registered work Only the names of students who qualified for honors designation at the end of the winter quarter immediately preceding commencement will be published in the commencement program. However, all students who have qualified at the end of the spring quarter will have the appropriate designation placed on their transcripts and diplomas according to the following policy: Bachelor Degree Candidates • Summa Cum Laude - The candidate's cumulative GPA must rank in the top 3 percent of all candidates for a Bachelors Degree in the school of their major and the candidate's GPA must be 3.90 or above. • Magna Cum Laude - The candidate's cumulative GPA must rank in the top 8 percent of all Bachelor Degree candidates from the school including those designated Summa Cum Laude and the candidate's GPA must be 3.80 or higher. • Cum Laude - The candidate's cumulative GPA must rank in the top 16 percent of all Bachelor Degree candidates from the school including those designated Summa and Magna Cum Laude and the candidate's GPA must be 3.60 or higher. Associate Degree Candidates Those candidates for the Associate of Arts and the Associate of Science whose cumulative GPA ranks in the top 5 percent of all candidates from each school and is 3.85 or higher will be awarded "High Honors." Those candidates whose GPA is among the top 15 percent and 3.60 or higher will be awarded "Honors." Waiver of Requirements Where extenuating circumstances exist, students may request a waiver of graduation requirements and policies. All waiver requests with the exception of major and minor program requirements and grade changes must be addressed to the Admissions, Credits, and Graduation Committee by: