The home unit degree is the primary degree and must be completed before the student is eligible to have a completion of a collaborative program specialization conferred. SGS, which considers collaborative program study to be a mark of distinction, keeps permanent records of the student’s accomplishment, including a notation of specialization on the final graduate transcripts. The actual diploma issued by the home unit does not mention of the collaborative program. The collaborative program issues its own certificate, signed by the Program Director and the Dean of SGS at U of T.