Baccalaureate Ceremonies
Morning Ceremony, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Doors to Sports Arena (live ceremony) open for guests at 9:00 a.m. (guest tickets required)
- Doors to live video viewing in the Bulger Communication Center open for guests at 9:00 a.m. (no tickets required).
- View Commencement map (PDF, 457KB)
Afternoon Ceremony, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
- Doors to Sports Arena open for guests at 1:00 p.m. (guest tickets required)
- Doors to live video viewing in the Bulger Communication Center open for guests at 1:00 p.m. (no tickets required)
- View Commencement map (PDF, 457KB)
Guest tickets for open seating in the Sports Arena are required. Bachelor's graduates each receive five guest tickets. The arena features a combination of stadium chair and bleacher seating. (Live video viewing in the Bulger Communication Center offers lecture hall seating.)
Note: Please know that small children also will require a guest ticket. You may wish to consider not bringing small children, as they likely will be unable to sit through the lengthy ceremony.
Visit Bachelor's Registration and Guest Tickets to learn more about guest tickets and viewing options.
Guests should use the Sports Arena map (PDF, 34KB) to determine where their graduates will be seated by school (they will not be seated by academic department). The following is a list of undergraduate majors by school. Seating will be the same for each bachelor's ceremony.
Seating for Bachelor's Candidates-
Undergraduate Majors by School
School of Arts and Humanities
Art; art education; art history; broadcasting; communication; design; English; fine arts (painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture); French language and literature; humanities; individualized studies; journalism; music; music education; philosophy; pubic communication; secondary education (English, French, Spanish); Spanish language and literature; the arts; theater.
School of Education
Business and marketing education; career and technical education; childhood education; early childhood education; exceptional education; individualized studies.
School of Natural and Social Sciences
Anthropology; biology; chemistry; earth sciences; economics; forensic chemistry; geography; geology; history; individualized studies; mathematics; physics; political science; psychology; secondary education (biology, chemistry, earth science, mathematics, physics, social studies); sociology; urban-regional analysis and planning.
School of the Professions
Business administration; computer information systems; criminal justice; dietetics; engineering technology (electrical, mechanical); fashion and textile technology; health and wellness; hospitality administration; individualized studies; industrial technology; social work; speech-language pathology; technology education.
