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49 meet the following eligibility requirements. • The student must have no more than 3.0 credit hours remaining. • The course requirements remaining may not include comprehensive exams, the MDiv Summative Experience, a project/thesis/summative course, or individualized study in required courses. • The courses needed to complete the 3.0 or fewer credit hours are offered for the summer semester directly following the May ceremony and the student is registered for the needed course(s) at the time of application. • The student must apply for graduation for the summer semester directly following the May ceremony. • The student has fulfilled all financial obligations at the time of application for participation. • The student understands that their degree will not be conferred until all degree and student life requirements have been met. • The student commits to follow through with the completion of all course requirements towards their degree program. Those who do not graduate in the semester for which they applied must submit a new application by the deadline of the new intended semester of graduation. For students applying for their LPCC, the Registrar's Office is able to sign students' LPCC form when the following criteria have been met: • The student has applied for graduation and are pending graduates. • The student had been preliminarily cleared for graduation through all graduation requirements being met. • All final grades are in. • All financial obligations to Denver Seminary have been met. While the graduation ceremony is held only once a year in the Spring, degrees are conferred following the Fall semester, Spring semester and Summer Full Term. Those who complete their program in summer or fall are welcome to participate in the upcoming Spring ceremony and should indicate this on their graduation application. Master's degree students have the opportunity to graduate with an honors notation if their cumulative grade point average is 3.7 or higher. This final grade point average will be calculated the semester prior to their semester of graduation. FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 In accordance with federal law, students are hereby notified that they have the right to inspect and review any and all official records, files and data pertaining to them, including all materials incorporated in their cumulative record folder. Requests to view and/or change academic record files should be submitted in writing to the Registrar's Office and will be conducted in person at the Littleton campus. Students have the opportunity for a hearing to challenge the contents of these records to ensure that they are accurate and not in violation of any of their rights. Students with questions concerning their rights within this act should contact the Registrar. Comprehensive educational records are maintained for all current students. These records may include, but are not limited to, grades, transcripts, class lists, student course schedules, health records, and financial information. Denver Seminary has the liberty to maintain items within a student's record in accordance with what is deemed pertinent and to purge items when considered no longer useful. Upon matriculation, admissions records such as applications and references may be purged. Upon graduation or withdrawal, students' physical records may be purged of non-essential items, and the remaining files will be held in archives in accordance with the Student Record Retention and Disposition policy.