TECEP Term - How does it work?

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I never thought this through entirely -- for some weird reason, I thought you could apply for graduation and complete capstone at the same time..  Not so, according to https://www.tesu.edu/current-students/Gr...on.cfm#how

Edit to add:  So at the aforementioned website, if I took the capstone in May 2018, I would be eligible for September graduation.  But the graduation application would need to done before July 1st.  So I guess you can be in process with your last class, because the May term doesn't end until July 22 2018.

Thanks for helping me think through this time line...

You can apply for graduation before completing the capstone, but you would need to be close to finishing it before the audit came through.  For someone taking the November capstone, for example, the app deadline for graduation is Jan 1.  But, at that point, your app goes into a queue and it will be a little while before they audit you.  The course ends Jan 21.  So, if you told your professor that you had applied for graduation, and asked that your final grade be expedited, you might be able to squeak in just as they were getting ready to audit your file.  If you're almost done with your final course when they do the first audit, they will put you back in the queue and give it one more shot a couple of weeks later, so you should be fine at that point.

Not saying that it's 100% guaranteed, and I'm sure others will pipe in if I'm wrong, but I think I'm right on this one.