 This is an overview of the graduation process at SJSU iSchool. From the hamburger menu, navigate to Student Resources and choose Graduation. There are two main steps, candidacy approval and application for award of graduate degree. The deadline to submit the candidacy approval form to iSchool is approximately four to five months before the beginning of the semester in which you intend to graduate. iSchool submission due dates come before SJSU GAAP's deadlines and are listed on our website. Check out the iSchool graduation checklist for these dates as well. The due date for the application for award of graduate degree is due at the start of the semester you plan to graduate. Due dates are listed on our website and the iSchool graduation checklist. From the iSchool graduation pages, you will find a link to each of the MLIS, MARA, and MS in Informatics candidacy tutorials pages. Each page provides you with step-by-step instructions as well as a sample completed form. Follow the instructions carefully or your form will need to be corrected and resubmitted prior to receiving approval. Your GPA must be a 3.0 or above with no incompletes prior to submitting the form. A minimum of nine units of graded classes must be on the transcript prior to submitting the form. Your form will need to be e-signed. Follow the instructions to use an electronic signature on your form by either downloading the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or using the SJSU free Adobe software provided by eCampus. Make sure to download and save the PDF to your computer and open the file from your computer. Once you have opened the fillable form on your computer, use your keyboard to complete the following fields student information, degree information, and proposed graduate degree program. In Section A, list the iSchool courses that you have taken or plan to take in order. Leave grades blank for those courses that you have not received a grade. In Section B, list your culminating experience. Do not list this class in Section A. If you are applying transfer classes from another university or courses taken through iSchool open classes, list these in Section C. You may only list a combined total of nine units in this section. Be sure to fill in the unit totals from each section in the yellow box to the right. The total should be no more than 43 units for MLIS, 42 units for MARA, or 30 units for Informatics. Sign a form using your eSignature. Follow the instructions at the end of the tutorial to submit the form to iSchool. If you do end up taking different class titles from those which are listed on your approved candidacy form, you will need to submit an online course substitution form to SJSU Gape before you are evaluated for graduation at the end of your last semester at iSchool. Navigate to the changing plan courses page from the iSchool graduation pages for the link to the Gape online form. Request for course substitution for the graduate degree program through OnBase. Complete the process of dropping courses you did not take and adding the replacement class titles. Core courses are required at iSchool and cannot be substituted. About two weeks after your candidacy form is approved by SJSU Gape, you will be able to complete a second step in the graduation process. A link will appear in your My SJSU account to apply for your graduation term with the Gape office. Find out about this process from the iSchool graduation pages and navigate to Application for Award of Graduate Degree. Here you will see deadlines and instructions for how to complete the application in My SJSU as well as a video tutorial from SJSU Gape. If you need to update your address to receive your diploma, you can also do so through the link in your My SJSU. If you need to change your graduation date after you have already applied for graduation standing with Gape, you simply submit a change of graduation date request online with the Gape office. Refer back to the school graduation pages on our website and choose Changing Graduation Date for a link to the online form.