Applying for Graduation
Plan to complete the Degree Application process two quarters before your anticipated graduation term. Before submitting the application, you must meet with a faculty advisor to confirm your plan for completing your remaining Biology major requirements.
Visit the Degree Application webpage to review the steps to degree application including priority and final submission deadlines and access to the online application forms.
Major Evaluation Approval
Follow these steps to complete the Biology Major Evaluation approval process before submitting your Degree Application.
Step 1: Meet with a Faculty Advisor
Instructions on viewing and interpreting the student Worksheet in Degree Works are available here.
Review the Worksheet and identify any remaining program requirements.
Plan remaining coursework around prerequisites, registration restrictions, and potential scheduling conflicts.
Advisors may contact biologyadvising@wwu.edu if a course substitution or waiver requires an exception note.
Step 2: Create a Plan in Degree Works and Run the Degree Audit
Instructions for using Plans and the Degree Audit are available here.
Create a New Plan in Degree Works.
Save the plan as 'Biology Major Evaluation'.
Run the Degree Audit to confirm that your plan fulfills the requirements for your major.
Download and send the Degree Audit to your faculty advisor for approval.
Step 3: Get Departmental Approval of Major Evaluation
After a final review, the faculty advisor sends the approved audit to biologyadvising@wwu.edu.
Biology Advising adds the major evaluation approval note to Degree Works and emails the student when complete.
Step 4: Submit the Degree Application
Once the major evaluation approval is recorded in Degree Works, you’re ready to submit your Degree Application.