Graduate Checklist

Doctoral

• submit the Anticipated Graduation Date form
• pay the graduation fee
• resolve any issues that the Degree Analyst might flag
• defend your dissertation
• format your dissertation according to the Dissertation Format Guide (if you use LaTeX, you can use the LaTeX Thesis/Dissertation Template)
• submit the Report of Final Examination form
• submit your dissertation electronically to ProQuest
• complete the NORC survey of doctoral students
• provide the department with an electronic copy of your dissertation by sending it as an email attachment to the graduate coordinator

 

Plan A (Thesis) Master's

• submit the Anticipated Graduation Date form
• pay the graduation fee
• resolve any issues that the Degree Analyst might flag
• defend your thesis
• format your thesis according to the Thesis Format Guide (if you use LaTeX, you can use the LaTeX Thesis/Dissertation Template)
• submit the Report of Final Examination form
• submit your dissertation electronically to ProQuest
• provide the department with an electronic copy of your thesis by sending it as an email attachment to the graduate coordinator

 

Plan B (Non-thesis) Master's

• submit the Anticipated Graduation Date form
• pay the graduation fee
• resolve any issues that the Degree Analyst might flag
• defend your non-thesis paper
• format your paper according to the Thesis Format Guide (if you use LaTeX, you can use the LaTeX Thesis/Dissertation Template)
• submit the Report of Final Examination form