Welcome to the Registrar's Office

Semester Updates

To further limit the spread of COVID-19 within our local community, effective immediately, Registrar's Office staff will be working almost entirely remotely to provide services to our stakeholders. While we won’t be able to answer phone calls during the period of remote operations, we want you to be aware services and updates related to the Registrar's Office.

Commencement 2020

Commencement Ceremony UPDATE

  • A virtual Commencement will be held June 18, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. Details about the ceremony will be made available on commencement.sfsu.edu, so please continue to check your email and the Commencement website for details. This site also has information about ordering regalia and other items to commemorate your graduation.
  • SF State will work on a date for an in-person ceremony, hopefully in spring of 2021, and keep you informed as we learn when we are allowed to resume large events.
  • Regularly visit the Commencement website for important ceremony updates.

Academic Disqualification

It is also important to know that regardless of your academic standing, no student will be academically disqualified at the end of spring 2020.

Incompletes

Extension of Incompletes

Students who had an Incomplete grade contract that expires at the end of the spring 2020 or summer 2020 terms will be granted an automatic extension until the end of the fall 2020 term.

Grading Options

 

We are working to update our system to allow you to make these changes -- look for an email once this is available! (Instructions available on cms.sfsu.edu.)

 

 

 

 

  • Deadline to change Grading Options is Tuesday, May 26.
  • Instructions available on cms.sfsu.edu.
  • Courses where current grading option is “Letter Grades” will have three options for the final grade:
Grading Options Undergraduate Graduate

Option 1:
Letter Grades*

Graded (A, B, C, D, No Credit)

Note: No Credit (NC) will appear on the transcript in lieu of an F grade;
NC grades do not negatively impact your GPA

Graded (A, B, C, D, No Credit)

Note: No Credit (NC) will appear on the transcript in lieu of an F grade;
NC grades do not negatively impact your GPA

Option 2:
Letter Grades* / No Credit

A, B, C, No Credit

Note: NC is earned for grade of D or below

A, B, No Credit

Note: NC is earned for grade of C or below

Option 3:
Credit/No Credit

Credit, No Credit

Note: Credit (CR) is earned for grades of C- or higher

Credit, No Credit

Note: No Credit (NC) is earned for grades of C or below
Please Note:
*This includes any plus or minus grades.
*Graduate students need to keep an overall GPA above 3.00.

For any courses where your current grading option is “Letter Grades/No Credit”, you will have the choice to continue with this grading option or switch to the “Credit/No Credit” option. If your current grading option is “Credit/No Credit”, there are no other grading options offered.

How to submit Forms Remotely

Submitting Graduation Applications & related forms/documents

Including
  1. Send completed form as attachment from your SFSU email directly to your advisor or department office. 
  2. A physical signature is not needed only if submitting forms via SFSU email.
  3. Advisor or department offices will review and forward through any required approval workflow.
  4. Once complete, the final approver (Chair) should send directly to the Registrar’s graduation email regweb@sfsu.edu.

Note: Graduate students who intend to graduate Spring or Summer 2020 should contact the Division of Graduate Studies at gradstdy@sfsu.edu. 
Petition paperwork submitted to another department / office on campus

Including

  1. Send completed form as attachment from your SFSU email directly to your advisor or department office. 
  2. A physical signature is not needed only if submitting forms via SFSU email.
  3. Advisor or department offices will review and forward through any required approval workflow.
  4. Once complete, the final approver should send directly to the Registrar’s records email, records@sfsu.edu.
Petition paperwork submitted directly to the Registrar’s Office

Including
  1. Send completed form as attachment from your SFSU email directly to your advisor or department office. 
  2. A physical signature is not needed only if submitting forms via SFSU email.
  3. The Registrar’s Office will review and process.

 

San Francisco State University campus remains open for necessary University operations, but individual offices may be closed. You can see a list of open university offices on our website at news.sfsu.edu.

Dates & Deadlines

Spring 2020 Grading Options Deadline Tuesday, May 26
Summer 2020 First Day
R1/R4: Monday, June 1
R2: Monday, June 15
R3: Monday, July 6
Fall 2020 First Day Monday, August 24

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