The Graduate Catalog, 1997-1999

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19 August 1997

Graduation

The University holds commencement exercises at the end of the spring semester. Those who graduate in the preceding summer session or fall semester are eligible to attend along with those who graduate in the spring semester. In addition, the Graduate School holds a Convocation at the end of the fall semester and at the end of the spring semester at which master's and doctoral degree candidates are recognized.

Graduation under a Particular Catalog

Degree requirements may be changed from one catalog to the next. The student is normally bound by the requirements of the catalog in force at the time of his or her first registration; the student may choose, however, to fulfill the requirements of a subsequent catalog. If the student does not fulfill the requirements within six years of his or her first enrollment in the Graduate School, he or she is then bound by the requirements of a subsequent catalog. The student may choose the catalog in effect in any year in which he or she is enrolled in the Graduate School, within the six-year limit.

Procedures of Graduation

Master's Degree Candidates

To graduate, candidates must

Be registered in the Graduate School in the semester or summer session in which they plan to graduate.
File the following items in the Student Services Division by the date given on the deadline sheet. The deadline sheet and all necessary forms are available from the Student Services Division.
1. The Degree Candidate Card. If the student's graduation is postponed, he or she must file a new card.
2. The Application for Candidacy, if one was not filed in an earlier semester.
3. The Program of Work.
4. The nonrefundable $30 graduation fee, to cover the cost of processing degree applications and certifying degree candidates. If the student's graduation is postponed, he or she must pay the fee again when filing to graduate at a later date.
Submit the thesis or report to the supervising committee by the deadline the committee establishes.
Submit two bound final copies of the thesis or one copy of the report to the Student Services Division for final approval by the graduate dean no later than the date specified on the deadline sheet provided by the division. (Some programs require two copies of the report.) Both copies of the thesis are deposited in the General Libraries; the report is returned to the department or program office.

Doctoral Degree Candidates

To graduate, candidates must

Be registered in the Graduate School in the semester or summer session in which they plan to graduate.
File a Degree Candidate Card and the $30 graduation fee in the Student Services Division by the deadline to apply for a graduate degree. This date is given in the academic calendar. The graduation fee covers the cost of processing degree applications and certifying degree candidates. It is not refundable, and a new fee is required each semester the student files to graduate.
Submit the dissertation to the Dissertation Committee.
Schedule the final oral examination with the Student Services Division.
Submit the following items to the Student Services Division by the date given on the deadline sheet. The Graduate Studies Committee will submit the report on the final oral examination and the certification of approval. The deadline sheet and all necessary forms are available from the Student Services Division.
1. The original, unbound copy of the dissertation, signed by the Dissertation Committee, and an additional copy of the title page.
2. Microfilm agreement and fees for microfilm reproduction and subsequent binding of the dissertation for the University library.
3. Copyright disclaimer.
4. Survey of Earned Doctorates.
5. Dissertation Data Sheets.
6. Publication by Microfilm form.
7. Current copies of the candidate's vita and the dissertation abstract.

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