UC Berkeley Statistics Commencement 2011
Degree List vs. Commencement (Undergraduates Only)
Important! The degree list and commencement list are not the same. Read on to see which applies to you and when you need to add yourself to each list.
Degree List. The degree list is how you officially signal the university that you are ready to graduate and are in the process of completing your final courses for your degree. In order to graduate, you must add yourself to the degree term (the spring, summer, or fall) in which you expect to complete all of your degree requirements (e.g., college, double major, minors, incompletes). This is done through Tele-BEARS when you register for your final semester's classes. If you are too late to add through Tele-BEARS, you may still petition to add yourself to the degree list through the College of Letters & Science.
Commencement List. The commencement list is how you inform us that you are planning to attend the Statistics Department May 2011 Commencement. The event is a celebration for you and your family at the completion (or near completion) of your college years. At Commencement, students receive a scroll, which symbolically represents a diploma. You do not actually receive your diploma at the ceremomy. Your diploma is mailed about 3.5 months after the end of your last semester (see http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Records/diplomas.html). You will be able to sign up for the Statistics Commencement through this website at the beginning of March.
Signing up for commencement does not put you on the degree list, nor does putting yourself on the degree list sign you up for commencement.