Before you graduating, you should have:

• Advanced to Candidacy

• Completed TA requirement

• Completed 18 hours of coursework

• Complete attendance requirement of the 1st year seminar

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