Before you apply to graduate, you should: (1) meet with your advisor; (2) determine that you are program enrolled; (3) confirm that transfer credits applicable to your degree are in place, (4) that the timeline of final courses required to graduate are or will be completed by the end of the term in which you are to graduate and (5) that you have no financial obligations to the Business Office, Bookstore or Library.

Bring all academic history (transcripts, student copies will suffice) and a copy of your program guide.

Program guides are available at the Academic Advising Center and in the Faculty area.

A Change of Program form must be filled out and filed with the Records Office as soon as possible. Change of Program forms are available in the forms rack located directly across from the Records Office and online at https://tunxis.edu/college/offices/registrar/information/forms/Change-Program-Form.pdf

Students who wish to transfer credits to Tunxis Community College for courses taken at other colleges must submit official transcripts and a Transfer Credit Evaluation Request form to the Admissions Office. Request forms are available at the Admissions Office and in the forms rack located directly across from the Records Office and online at https://tunxis.edu/admissions/forms/Transfer-Application.pdf

The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education policy stipulates a residency requirement of 25 percent of program credits. In other words, you need to complete at least five courses at Tunxis, and up to 45 credits can be transferred in provided they meet your program requirements.

Students may look up their advisor at www.my.CommNet.edu by selecting View Student Information, under the Student Records tab.

Once you and your advisor have determined eligibility, you must apply to graduate. Graduation applications are available at the Records Office. Applications MUST be accompanied with a signed program guide and submitted at the Records Office. Note: Graduation fee is no longer required.

By November 1 for the fall conferral and March 1 for the spring conferral. Students may also apply for both conferral dates if they are planning to meet requirements for different programs at different times. Students who do not meet requirements by December and want to graduate in spring must REAPPLY at the Records Office. Conferral dates are published on the Graduation Information page.

The Records Office will send out a graduation status report within four weeks of filing.

To qualify for honors, degree candidates must have a minimum of 30 semester hours of Tunxis Community College credits and meet one of the program GPA (grade point average) rankings listed below. Honors notations are reflected on transcripts.
3.4 – 3.69 = Honors
3.7 – 3.89 = High Honors
3.9 – 4.0 = Highest Honors
Certificate candidates who have completed at least 15 credits at Tunxis and have a program GPA of 3.5 and above are eligible for distinction. Transcripts will reflect “With Distinction.”

Honors are indicated in the Commencement Program and will be acknowledged during the presentation of graduates. Note: If students have incomplete grades or outstanding transcripts just prior to Commencement, honors cannot be presented.
Honor Societies: Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
PTK members are eligible, but not required, to purchase the PTK sash, cord, tassel and lapel pin directly from Phi Theta Kappa online using their member ID at www.ptk.org. Chapter officers are also eligible to wear medallions, loaned for this purpose by the TCC PTK Club. For further information, contact Helen Lozada, Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa at 860.773.1422.

A student who already holds an academic degree may earn a second degree in a different curriculum at a community college. Such as student shall be treated similarly to a transfer student with respect to the minimum number of credits he or she must take for the second degree. This will require that the student meet all program requirements and earn at least 25 percent of the minimum requirement for the new curriculum at the college through which the second degree is to be conferred. Requests for additional degrees beyond the second require prior approval from the Academic Dean. Students who receive approval must then complete all program requirements, including earning at least 25 percent of the minimum requirements for the new curriculum at the college through which the degree is to be conferred. Completing requirements of an additional program option does not constitute a different degree.

Awards will appear within several days following each conferral date.

The Dean of Academic Affairs has made accommodations for students who are one course short to participate in Commencement pending extenuating circumstances. Students who find themselves in this situation submit their materials and request permission from the Records Office.  If approved, the student must register as soon as summer registration begins.   It is strongly encouraged that the summer class be taken at Tunxis and not elsewhere.  Permission granted allows the student to participate in the Commencement ceremony with the current class.  Degree awards are posted to transcripts upon successful completion of summer course.  This policy is not applicable to students intending to complete requirements in the fall.