If you are planning to graduate in Fall 2023 (degree conferral timing: February 2024), below is detailed information about the academic process to Apply for Graduation and the required Graduation Checkout steps that you need to complete by the associated deadline noted below. Fall 2023 graduates are eligible to participate at Commencement in May 2024. Details about Commencement 2024 will be available in late March/early April 2024.
STEP ONE - APPLY TO GRADUATE IN SIS - DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Apply to Graduate in SIS
- Log in to SIS (go.tufts.edu/sis)
- Select Academics at the top navigation bar and use the drop-down filter to select, "Apply for Graduation" which brings up the "Submit an Application for Graduation" page display.
- Click the Apply for Graduation link which brings up the "Select Graduation Term" page display.
- Select your expected graduation term (i.e., Fall 2023) from the drop-down menu and click, Continue.
- If all of the information is correct, click Submit Application.
- Dual Degree students (MS/MALD, MS/UEP, MS/MPH) should apply for graduation in SIS for both of their degrees.
Enter your Diploma Name in SIS
- Log in to SIS (go.tufts.edu/sis)
- Click the edit pencil icon above your name.
- Click the Add Name prompt, and use the drop-down to select Diploma name and enter your name exactly how you want it to appear on your Diploma (e.g., include your middle name if you would like or your middle initial and be sure to add the period after entering the initial) and click Save.
- IMPORTANT: Your primary name and preferred name in SIS may look how you would like your name to appear on your diploma but if you don't add a specific "Diploma name" in SIS, your name will be listed as blank when we run a list to submit to the Diploma publisher.
Enter your Diploma Address in SIS and your Gmail/personal email address in SIS
- Log in to SIS (go.tufts.edu/sis)
- Click the pencil edit icon above your address.
- Click the Add Address prompt and use the drop down to select the Diploma address checkbox and then enter the address information where you would like your Diploma sent via FedEx (no P.O. Boxes) to you in late February and click Save.
- We need to be in touch with you in March/April 2024 to provide you with details about Commencement 2024; please use the edit pencil in SIS to add your Gmail or personal email address that we should use to be in touch with you about Commencement 2024 details.
STEP TWO - SUBMIT APPROVED DEGREE REQUIREMENT WORKSHEET - DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 17, 2023
- Using the Friedman Degree Requirements Worksheet for the class year that you were admitted to the Friedman School, enter the semester you completed your courses, as well as the final letter grade you received for each course (indicate "TBD" in the Grade column of your Worksheet for the courses you are currently enrolled in for Fall 2023 and "E" for an approved Exemption from a course or requirement).
- Obtain approval from your Academic Advisor and your Division Chair/Program Director on the Worksheet or in lieu of signatures attach approval email to the Worksheet and submit to NutritionRegistrar@tufts.edu.
NOTE: It's helpful to download your unofficial transcript to fill out your Friedman Degree Requirements Worksheet and then you can also check if all of your approved Exemption are listed at the bottom or your transcript, as well as your approved Specialization (only AFE, BMN, FANPP, and NEDS students), and any approved transfer of SHUs. To download your Unofficial Transcript, log into SIS and click the Academics tab (located at the top navigation bar) and select from the drop down the Unofficial Transcript option, and follow the prompts in order to independently download your Unofficial Transcript as a PDF document.
MS/MPH STUDENTS: in additon to completing your Friedman School Degree Requirement Worksheet and emailing it to NutritionRegistrar@tufts.edu please schedule an appointment to with Dr. Aviva Must to complete the Public Health Transcript Reconcilliation Form.
STEP THREE - SUBMIT CITI COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS REPORT PDF THAT INDICATES EXPIRATION DATE AND REPORTED SCORE - DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 17, 2023
- If you are a BMN, MAHA, MNSP, MS/DI, or NEDS student and you did not already submit to NutritionRegistrar@tufts.edu your CITI Coursework Requirements Report PDF that indicates the Expiration Date and Reported Score (not the cover page) so this fulfilled degree requirement may be added to your academic record in SIS, please click below for instructions and submit ASAP.
- NOTE: If you are an AFE, FANPP, or NICBC student, and completed NUTR 0207 with Dr. Sean Cash, your CITI Coursework Requirements Report PDF is already on file. If you are an MS/MPH student that completed PH 0205, you need to email your CITI Coursework Requirements Report PDF to NutritionRegistrar@tufts.edu.
- Tufts CITI IRB Training Requirements and Instructions
- BMN, MNSP, MS/DI, and NEDS students must complete the CITI modules: Biomedical Researchers
- AFE, FANPP, MAHA and NICBC students must complete the CITI modules: Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers
STEP FOUR - COMPLETE REQUIRED EXIT SURVEY UPON RECEIPT FROM ACADEMIC DEAN - DEADLINE: DECEMBER 11, 2023
- The Academic Dean will distribute via email after November 17 the required Exit Survey to expected Fall 2023 candidates for graduation; please complete upon receipt.
STEP FIVE - COMPLETE RECORDING OF HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME
- Check back soon for the link to NameCoach which will enable you to record exactly how you would like your name to be pronounced at Commencement.
After I Graduate, What Happens to My Email, Box and Canvas Access, etc., and How Do I Stay Connected?
Share With Us!
All graduating students are invited to share their Directed Study Courses, Self-Designed Specialization Topics, and Cross-Registered Courses (and comments) through the online Qualtrics forms below—leave a little bit of your legacy behind for Friedman students following in your footsteps as they navigate toward graduation too!
- Cross-Registered Courses at Tufts, HSPH, Boston College, Boston University, and Brandeis
- AFE, BMN, FANPP Self-Designed Specialization Topics and Associated Courses
- Directed Study Courses
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