College of Letters and Science Ceremonies
Tickets
Submitting the participation confirmation information is mandatory for you to receive tickets to the L&S commencement ceremony. Students who wish to receive tickets must submit an online registration by April 11, 2008 . Timely submission of participation information is critical to ensure that you receive your tickets. Students who submit information after the deadline cannot be guaranteed tickets.
Eligible students who have completed at least 160 units at the conclusion of winter quarter 2008 and who register online by the deadline will receive tickets for the ceremony in which their major will assemble. If you are a double major you must choose one ceremony in which to participate. Tickets will be mailed mid-May to the address on the online registration form.
For June 2008, we anticipate 5 tickets per student. You are encouraged to return any tickets that will not be used to the Deans’ Office, Social Sciences and Humanities Building. University policy prohibits the selling of commencement tickets for money or commercial value. Violation will result in referral to Student Judicial Affairs.
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Each College of Letters and Science ceremony will begin promptly with the entry of candidates and the academic procession. Members of the official party will sit on stage. Candidates for degrees and faculty will be seated in chairs on the main floor facing the stage.
The ceremony, which will last approximately two hours, will include short addresses by distinguished speakers, the conferring of degrees by the chancellor and the recessional.
Each graduate will be presented on stage, receive a certificate and then return to his or her seat. The ceremony concludes with a recessional by the stage party and faculty, followed by the graduates.
Specific directions for assembly will be mailed in mid-May to each candidate who registers online. If you have a double major, please indicate the one major with which you would like to be seated.
Photographs
See Photographs under General Information.
Gown Return
To avoid a late-return charge, gowns must be returned to the collection staff outside the 2B exit of ARC Pavilion immediately following the ceremony or to the UC Davis Bookstore no later than Monday, June 16.
For rental information, see Academic Dress under General Information.
Questions?
All questions regarding the ceremony should be directed to the Deans' Office, (530) 754-8477 or to the L&S website.
College of Letters and Science List of Majors
NOTE: Division of majors is TENTATIVE until registration closes. Please note that we cannot guarantee which ceremony majors will be walking in until April 18.
Morning Ceremony
Saturday, June 14, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Degrees will be conferred on candidates in the following majors:
- American Studies
- Art History
- Art Studio
- Chicana/Chicano Studies
- Communication
- Design
- Dramatic Art
- Film Studies
- French
- German
- Individual Major
- International Relations
- Italian
- Linguistics
- Medieval Studies
- Native American Studies
- Nature and Culture
- Political Science
- Political Science–Public Service
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Russian
- Spanish
- Technocultural Studies
Afternoon Ceremony
Saturday, June 14, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Degrees will be conferred on candidates in the following majors:
- African American and African Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Asian American Studies
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Classical Civilization
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- English
- Geology
- History
- Japanese
- Mathematical and Scientific Computation
- Mathematics
- Music
- Natural Sciences
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Sociology
- Sociology–Organizational Studies
- Statistics
- Women’s Studies