Student Planning FAQ

• 1. The unofficial transcript will then open as a PDF file.  Depending upon your browser settings, you may be prompted for whether you want to allow or open the file, or may need to access it from a downloads menu.

     Students can access their unofficial transcript in Self-Service under the Academics menu.

     Students can access their unofficial transcript in Self-Service under the Academics menu.  For information on official transcripts, please see How do I request my transcript?. 

     To access your unofficial transcript, please follow these steps:

     1. Log into Self-Service.
     2. In the menu on the left of the screen, click the graduation cap icon to view the Academics menu.

        

     3. From the expanded Academics menu, select Unofficial Transcript.

        

     4. On the next page, click the Unofficial Transcript icon or link.

        

  If you have questions about your unofficial transcript, please contact Academic Records at registrar@pqc.edu or call 214-379-5453

Log into Self-Service at https://selfservice.Paul Quinn.edu. Access Grades, then select the term you wish to view. View your term GPA, or click into the term to expand and view your grades by course. You can use the Print button at top right to generate a PDF or print a hard copy.

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Follow these steps to view your final or mid-term grades in the Paul Quinn Self-Service system. 

1. Log into Self-Service and access Grades.

   

2. A list of all terms you have attended or are currently attending appears.  You can view your overall term GPA here.

   

3. Click on a term to expand and view the individual courses and associated grades.

   

4. To save a PDF or print a hard copy of your term grades, use the Print button at the top right.

If you have questions about your unofficial transcript, please contact Academic Records at registrar@pqc.edu or 214-379-5453

Your cumulative GPA can be located in two places.

You can view it on the My Progress page of Student Planning in the top “At a Glance” section.  Here it will also reiterate the minimum required GPA to be eligible for graduation upon completion of your degree program.

Or, your cumulative GPA can also be located on your Unofficial Transcript.  When opening your unofficial transcript, you will want to scroll to the most recent semester attended, and in the row “CUM TOTALS” review the column with the heading “AVE” for average.

An application for graduation is required for all graduation terms of the academic year (Fall, Spring, and Summer). The application is available in Self-Service and should be completed the semester prior to completion.  Specific deadlines apply for the graduation application per semester and are published in the academic calendar.

• Prior to submitting your application for graduation, you should review your My Progress page to verify you are on track to complete all program requirements.
• To start a new application, click Apply next to the appropriate program.  You should only see the program(s) listed here which are currently active on your student record.  If the program listed is not accurate, see How do I change my major?

  

• In the top section, please select the term for which you are applying to graduate and will complete degree requirements, the name as you would like for it to appear on your diploma and in the commencement program, and the phonetic spelling of your name so that during commencement ceremonies it is announced correctly.

  

• In the bottom section, you will indicate whether you plan to attend the commencement ceremony and select the address to which your diploma/certificate should be mailed.  If you update your address after the submission of this application you will need to contact graduation@pqc.edu to update your diploma mailing. Some questions and information will be displayed conditionally based on your answer to whether you will attend a commencement ceremony.  See the commencement page to find more information about commencement and hooding ceremonies.  See eligibility information for more details on when you may participate in a commencement ceremony. 
  • Undergraduate Students: The undergraduate commencement ceremonies occur in May annually
  • Graduate Students: Masters hooding and commencement ceremonies occur in May annually.  August (Summer term).  Students completing a post-master’s certificate (PMSN) are considered graduate students and invited to attend the hooding and commencement ceremonies.

    

• When finished, click Submit.  You will see a confirmation message displayed and will also receive a confirmation email to your Paul Quinn email account which will contain more information about the next steps as you progress toward this milestone!
• Should you need to update your application after it has been submitted, you can do so by accessing the Graduation Overview page.
  • Please note: Paul Quinn may not be able to accommodate adjustments to diploma name depending upon when you are submitting changes relative to when Paul Quinn orders diplomas, prepares commencement programs, etc.

Upon completion of the semester for which you applied to graduate, an audit will be conducted to determine whether you have met all program requirements.

The Self-Service Course Catalog is available at  Self Service, Courses and houses general course information, such as course descriptions, pre-requisite and co-requisite information, how many credit hours the course is, etc. It also provides access to class schedule information, so that you can find out when a course will be offered in a specific term and identify sections which fit your schedule, if you are a student.

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The Self-Service Course Catalog houses general course information, such as course descriptions, pre-requisite and co-requisite information, how many credit hours the course is, etc.  It also provides access to class schedule information, so that you can find out when a course will be offered in a specific term and identify sections which fit your schedule, if you are a student.

There are three main ways to begin your search within Course Catalog, which will be described individually followed by more information about navigating within the search results and additional options available.. 

Subject Search

The Subject Search is what you will see as a default.  This type of search is useful when you want to find general course information.

If you know the subject of the course you want to find information on, locate it within the list.  For instance, clicking on Actuarial Science displays details for all courses within that subject area.

Advanced Search

The second way to search is the next tab over, Advanced Search.  This type of search is most useful if you want to locate a specific course section within the schedule of class offerings.

Begin your search by entering one or more filters.  For example, this image shows a search for Actuarial Science and Data Science courses at the graduate level scheduled as online sections for Spring 2025 (note: filters left blank have been removed from image).

Search for Courses Box

Use the search for courses box toward the top right to quickly find a course. 

For the best results, enter information like the course number (“ENGL 406”) or part of a title (“Writing”), and either hit enter or click the magnifying glass icon in the right of the box to initiate your search.  Results that match this search will be displayed.  

Navigating within the Search Results

Regardless of which of the three main ways to search you have chosen initially, all will take you to the same results screen.  On this screen, you also have:

• A variety of additional filtering options in the menu to the left of your screen, which can be easily adjusted to expand or narrow your search further.
• The ability to quickly view scheduled sections of a specific course within the results.

Once you have clicked to expand and view the available sections of a course, you will see more detailed information regarding the sections.  For example, here are two sections currently scheduled in Spring 2025 for DSCI-502 Introduction to R.  One is an on-campus course for which you can see the days, time, and classroom, while the other is an online course.  For both, you can also see the number of available seats in the course, the start and end date for the section, and any instructors.

Please note, if a course is full, the number of seats will indicate 0.  If a waitlist is available for the section, instead of “Seats,” the column header will say “Waitlisted,” as shown in this example.

If you are logged into the Course Catalog and you are currently a student, you will have further capabilities to add courses (in general: “I want to take ENGL-205 in Fall 2023.”) or sections (more specific: “I want to take ENGL-205-01 in Fall 2020.”) to your plan directly from the Catalog, as shown here. 

Our goal is to evaluate and detail all transcripts within 14 business days from the date your admission file becomes ready for review.

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Once Paul Quinn receives your official transcripts, we will work to post your credits as soon as possible. Our goal is to evaluate and post all applicable transfer credit within 14 business days from the date your admission file becomes ready for review. Please remember that in order to receive credit, courses must meet certain criteria, as described in this article:

You can check the status of your transfer credit by viewing the Transfer Summary tab under Academics on Self-Service.

Once on the Transfer Summary page, you will be able to see how each of your courses transferred in, organized by institution.

Courses that have transferred in will fill into your My Progress requirements, and be tagged as Transfer Equivalencies.

Test score credit (AP, IB. CLEP) can be found on your My Progress tab as Noncourse Equivalencies with P grades and awarded credit.