4 to Finish FAQs

The 4 To Finish Graduation Guarantee Program is open to all full-time first-year undergraduate students.

Submit your signed graduation guarantee agreement by Sept. 30 of your first year.

No, because as a transfer student you'll want to finish in less than four years. Please visit our transfer student page to review graduation requirements for transfer students.

You'll need to declare a major by the end of the third semester after enrolling at Cal Lutheran. If you plan to double major, or major in science (except for geoscience and environmental science), liberal studies, accounting or multimedia, then you need to declare your major(s) in your first semester.

If you choose to change majors after the third semester, you must ensure the requirements of the new major will still be completed in four years. The guarantee will only cover completion of a single major in a single degree.

You’ll schedule a meeting with your academic adviser in the Center for Student Success once per semester

Per the conditions of the 4TF agreement, you will need to register for courses at the assigned time and accept any available section of a required course that can be accommodated within an appropriate schedule required to stay on track for graduation and notify the Registrar's Office in Academic Services prior to the beginning of courses in any semester if it appears that graduation may be delayed due to course unavailability. 
 
For course schedule planning, you should work with your academic advisor and/or faculty mentor. 
 
For a delay in your graduation, you will need to submit a written request for accommodation to Academic Services prior to the end of the registration period, during the registration occurs for the future semester.

Summer courses can be helpful to facilitate graduation in four years, but it is not a requirement.

If timely graduation will be delayed due to course unavailability, the University may substitute an alternative course if possible. If substitution is not possible, the University may allow the unavailability of coursework to delay graduation. In that case, the University will waive tuition and any mandatory fees for that course(s) at Cal Lutheran for the student in the next academic year.