Graduation Requirements for Degree Candidates

GRADUATION INFORMATION

Please read the information below before completing all required forms.

REQUIRED FORMS

Intent to Graduate Card
Graduate Certificate Program Candidacy Form
Master's Degree Candidacy Form
Doctoral Degree Candidacy Form

Cap & Gown Order Form
Course Substitution Form
Diploma Mailing Card

ATTENTION: Fogelman College of Business & Economics Master's Students

After you have submitted the Intent to Graduate Card, proceed to the following website to submit the Master's Degree Candidacy Form.

Information Regarding Commencement Exercises

DEADLINES
(Please Read Text Below Deadlines)

Commencement Dates Last Day to:	May 3, 2008 (Tentative)	August 17, 2008 (Tentative)	December 13, 2008 (Tentative)
Submit to Graduate School an Intent to Graduate Card	January 24	June 11	September 4
Submit to your College Director of Graduate Studies your Master's, Doctoral, or Graduate Certificate Programs Candidacy Forms	January 24	June 11	September 4
Submit Cap & Gown Order Form to Graduate School	April 4	July 18	November 14
Submit defended & corrected thesis/dissertation copy to Graduate School for review.	April 4	July 18	November 14
Submit final thesis/dissertation copies to Graduate School	April 18	August 1	November 26
Academic departments submit comprehensive examination results to Graduate School (doctoral exams due one week after grading).	April 18	August 1	November 26
Submit Diploma Mailing Card to Graduate School	April 25	August 8	December 3

REMINDER: Most of the Graduate School Forms will ask for your University ID number. When you log into SSB Banner on the Spectrum Portal "Student Tab", the U-number is in the top right-hand corner on most of the pages you will navigate.

Before graduate students can be officially admitted to degree candidacy, they must satisfy the following requirements:

Submit an Intent to Graduate Card to the Graduate School by the appropriate deadline in the semester they wish to complete degree requirements.

Submit a Diploma Mailing Card with the address you would like for your graduate diploma/certificate to be mailed.

Master's students should submit a Master's Degree Candidacy form to their respective College Director of Graduate Studies by the appropriate deadline in the semester they plan to complete degree requirements.

Doctoral students should submit a Doctoral Degree Candidacy form to their respective College Director of Graduate Studies by the appropriate deadline in the semester they plan to defend their dissertation.

Graduate Certificate Program students should submit a Certificate Candidacy form to their respective College Director of Graduate Studies by the appropriate deadline in the semester they plan to complete certificate requirements.

NOTE: Both the Intent to Graduate Card and Degree Candidacy Forms must be submitted to the appropriate offices by the stated deadlines. Degree Candidacy Forms received by the College Director of Graduate Studies after the stated deadline will NOT be approved or forwarded to the Graduate School for processing, therefore, we strongly recommended that you submit the candidacy form to your department chair one week prior to the college directors deadline.

Students will be certified for graduation only when all requirements are met, including the removal of all "I" or "IP" grades. If a student earns an "I" or "IP" grade(s) in coursework necessary to fulfill degree requirements, the degree certification process and graduation will automatically be deferred to the next term. Students will be notified of disqualification.

It will be the responsibility of each student to notify the Graduate School Academic Advisor of any changes in your name or current mailing address.

Last revised on: March 18, 2008.