Regalia

A traditional black cap and gown is required for your participation in the commencement ceremony. Caps are worn with a colored tassel indicating the degree being awarded. Master鈥檚 candidates will also receive a hood colored to indicate the field of study.

Master's and bachelor's regalia

Bachelor and masters regalia may be purchased from the 澳门六合彩官网直播 Bookstore shops during regular business hours after March 28 up to the day of commencement. Regalia can also be ordered in advance and picked up in the 澳门六合彩官网直播 Bookstore or mailed to your address. In order to ensure on time delivery for commencement, orders must be received the Friday before the week of commencement.

Faculty and doctoral gown rental

Faculty gowns will be available for pickup an hour before the first ceremony in the York Arena Theatre. Doctoral candidate gowns will be available for pickup April 25 - 30 in the 澳门六合彩官网直播 Bookstore Shops鈥擳extbook Alley location.

Regalia history

The use of academic dress stems from costumes worn in universities in the 14th and 15th centuries, particularly at Cambridge and Oxford in England. Since colonial times it has been worn in the United States and was standardized by an Intercollegiate Code in 1895.

Gowns

The major distinguishing characteristics of the gowns are the sleeves, styled in the following fashions:

  • bachelor鈥攍ong pointed
  • 尘补蝉迟别谤鈥攐产濒辞苍驳
  • doctor and specialist鈥攂ell shaped

The doctor鈥檚 gown has a velvet collar, facing and three bars on the sleeves. The specialist鈥檚 gown differs from a doctor鈥檚 in that it has no sleeve bars.

Masters, specialists and doctors wear hoods lined with the official colors of the college from which the degree is granted. They vary in size and shape to indicate the several degrees. The doctor鈥檚 hood is the largest and most lavishly decorated. The color of the velvet that circles the opening of the hood shows the degree earned: light blue for doctor of education, dark blue for doctor of philosophy and peacock blue for doctor of public administration.

Caps and tassels

Caps are mortar boards with the tassel worn over the left front quadrant. The tassel鈥檚 color indicates the academic program area.

Degree designation

Bachelor鈥檚 degree

DegreeColor nameColor swatch
Arts White  
Business administration Sapphire blue  
Education Light blue  
Engineering Orange  
Fine arts Brown  
Music Pink  
Nursing Apricot  
Science Golden yellow  
Social work Citron  

Master鈥檚 degree

DegreeColor nameColor swatch
Arts and development administration White  
Business administration and accountancy Sapphire blue  
Education Light blue  
Engineering Orange  
Fine arts Brown  
Medicine Green  
Music Pink  
Nursing Apricot  
Public administration Peacock blue  
Science Golden yellow  
Social work Citron  

Doctoral and specialist degree

DegreeColor nameColor swatch
Audiology (doctoral) Gray  
Education (doctoral) Light blue  
Education (specialist) Light blue  
Philosophy Dark blue  
Public administration Peacock blue