By the semester before you graduate, you should have:
- Advanced to Candidacy
- Completed TA requirement
- Completed 18 hours of coursework
- Presented at the 1st/3rd year seminar, and met the attendance requirement
In the semester you plan to graduate you should:
- Register for CHE -99W
- Apply to graduate by the deadline
- Schedule your defense and book a room approximately 2 months in advance
- Submit your dissertation to your committee at least 4 weeks before your defense
- Submit your Request for Final Oral Examination to the Graduate School at least 2 weeks prior to your defense
- Once you defended, initiate via DocuSign the Report of the Dissertation Committee form
- Upload your final dissertation
- Submit all your paperwork to the Graduate School before the deadline
- Complete the department’s Student Graduation Survey, accompanied by an up-to-date CV
- Complete the Student Check-out form, initialed by departmental services