Updated August 2021
[see Graduate Student Guide and graduate school website for full details]
\u2015 Organize advisory committee (minimum three members, all of whom must be on graduate
faculty)
\u2015 Complete Basic Safety Training (must be completed every year; mycampus portal), Information
Security Awareness Training (Blackboard), and Sexual Assault Prevention Training (mycampus
portal)
\u2015 Complete Responsible Research Conduct Training (e.g., INT601)
\u2015 Complete approved thesis proposal (end of second semester)
\u2015 Complete Program of Study (before third semester), acquire committee member signatures,
send to grad coordinator
\u2015 Hold advisory committee meetings at least annually
\u2015 Credits (all B or better) \u2013 minimum 30; must register for at least 1 credit in summer, 6 otherwise
\u2015 min. 18 credits in coursework
\u2015 min. 12 credits at 500-level or above
\u2015 min. 6 thesis credits
\u2015 min. 1 credit GeoLunch Seminar (ERS503)
\u2015 Apply to graduate
\u2015 Complete Tentative Thesis Acceptance form (committee\/student may request committee
meeting before signing)
\u2015 Complete Notice of Oral Defense (to grad school >2 wks in advance)
\u2015 Provide copy of defense thesis to committee and the School office (>1 week in advance of oral
defense; committee may set an earlier deadline)
\u2015 Deliver thesis and tentative thesis acceptance form at least 24 hours in advance of defense and
by that semester’s deadline to graduate school
\u2015 Complete the Oral Examination and Final Project\/Thesis\/Dissertation Acceptance Form at oral
defense, acquire committee member signatures, send to grad coordinator
\u2015 Complete a revised Program of Study if needed, and send to grad coordinator
\u2015 Turn in final thesis following graduate school guidelines
\u2015 Prepare Completion of Requirements form, send to grad coordinator
\u2015 Upload thesis to Digital Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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