CFD Senior Checklist

• Degree audits can be found on: my.missouristate.edu > Degree Audit and SEP card > Degree Works
• Degree audits do not automatically update. You MUST click “PROCESS” to update.
• Email your advisor regarding any deficiencies. Your advisor will make updates.

• Meet with your advisor to discuss any remaining courses you should take.
• Register for CFD 466 and any other courses you need to graduate.

The Career Center is available to you before AND after you graduate

Education Contact: Jacob Miles - JacobMiles@MissouriState.edu 

• Attend the spring College of Education career fair
• Create and revise your professional resume and cover letter
• Participate in mock interviews to better prepare

• Undergraduate Exit Survey: The Exit Survey will be available on the university's online learning platform the semester after completion of 102 credit hours. This occurs in mid-October for the fall semester and mid-March for the spring semester. Please complete the Exit Survey during the student teaching semester. This is a graduation requirement.
• Complete graduation outcome survey: The survey is available through Handshake. What are your plans after graduation? Where will you work? Will you go to graduate school?

After you register for CFD 466, you can apply to graduate.

• Application to graduate can be accessed on: my.missouristate.edu > Graduation and Commencement card > Graduation Application and Status Review
• Check that ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET ON YOUR AUDIT before you apply to graduate.
• Applications must be submitted by October 31st for the fall and March 31st for the spring to ensure your name will be in the commencement program. Please see the Commencement Webpage for details.
• READ YOUR ADVISING NOTES a few days after you apply to graduate. 
  • If denied, email your academic advisor to address deficiences within your audit.
  • If accepted, you will receive an advising note stating that your name was put on the graduation list.
• Summer graduates can elect to participate in spring or fall commencement and can select preference.

• Commencement is the ceremony. Graduation is a conferred completed degree after final grades are posted.
  Graduation occurs after the commencement ceremony.
• Details including graduation with honors information can be found on the Commencement Webpage. *Please note that student teaching grades are not calculated in your GPA at the time of commencement.*
• For detailed questions, please contact the Office of Registrar at 417-836-5520 or Registrar@MissouriState.edu.

This is required for students who have student loans.

• Exit counseling helps to make sense of student loans and repayment after graduation.
• It also shows ways to better understand taxes and how to develop a sound financial plan.

• Contact RhondaBishop@MissouriState.edu for information on how to become a bear in your future place of employment.
• Stay connected and represent Missouri State College of Education after graduation.