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.

Once enrolled in classes, you'll meet with your Student Success Counselor (or Specialist) at least once per semester to review and approve your two-year academic plan.

Notify the evaluator in the Registrar's Office prior to the beginning of classes in any semester if it appears that graduation may be delayed due to course unavailability.

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

If timely graduation is delayed due to course unavailability, we may substitute an alternative course. If substitution is not possible, then we will develop a reasonable academic alternative. If there is no other alternative, then Cal Lutheran will waive tuition and any mandatory fees for the course(s) in the next academic year.