5.13 Posthumous Degrees

The University of Texas at San Antonio will award degrees posthumously in the following circumstances and with the following conditions:

1. When a student death occurs after ALL requirements for the awarding of the degree have been completed. In this situation, the posthumous award is obligatory.

2. When a student death occurs in the final semester of the senior year and the student is in good academic and financial standing with the University. Although grades in the final courses and applications and other arrangements for graduation may not have been completed, the University will, as a courtesy to the student and his or her family, award the degree posthumously.

3. When, in the final year of attendance, a student death occurs when less than 15 semester hours of coursework remain to be completed and the student is otherwise in good standing with the University. If a request is sent forward to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs by the student's family, the college in which the student was seeking the degree, or by a student group recognized by the University, the University may, at its own option, agree to the posthumous award.

There will be a routine announcement at graduation by calling out the name of the student and indicating that the award is being made posthumously in recognition of the effort expended while the student lived.