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Important Deadlines

Deadlines for Proposals, Defenses, and Final Submissions

Please note: All proposals should be submitted to your individual committee members for their approval at least one week before the submission deadline. (Earlier submission to the committee is strongly advised.) Otherwise, you cannot expect faculty members to read and approve drafts in time to meet deadlines.

All proposals must be submitted as a Word-compatible email attachment sent to Alice Salazar Presti. All signature pages must be submitted in hard copy.

 

Summer 2020

May 15

Summer 2020 Independent studies registration deadline.
May 20

Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 27 May).
(This is the only submission date for M.A. students wishing to graduate in the Summer 2020 semester. Enrollment in the Summer or Fall semester is required for all submissions.)

May 21

The last day for regular registration deadline.
May 21

Last day for submission of final draft of dissertations to all members of the supervising committee. Doctoral students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester.

June 4

Last day for submission of final draft of portfolios, theses to all members of the supervising committee.
Master’s students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester.

June 11

Applications for Graduation due online (contact Pia for MA, Alice for PhD).
June 18

Last day to request oral defense of Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations.
July 2

Last day to hold oral defense of Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations.
July 9

Last day for final submission of dissertations.

July 30, Noon

Last day for final submission of portfolios.
August 3

Fall 2020 Independent Studies Registration Deadline.

 

Spring 2020

December 13

Last day to submit completed and signed forms (with reading list) for independent study to Pia Jakobsson.

January 6

Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 15 January). (This is the last date for Proposals from students expecting to graduate in the Spring semester.) (Submit hard copies to Julia Maddox in JO 4.503)
January 22

Applications for Graduation due online (contact Pia for MA and PhD).
February 1

Teaching Assistant Applications due (submit to [email protected]).
February 5

Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 19 February). (Students submitting Proposals on this date will graduate in summer or later semesters.) (Submit hard copies to Julia Maddox in JO 4.503)
February 19

Last day for submission of final draft of Dissertations to all members of the supervising committee. Doctoral students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester.
March 5

Last day for submission of final draft of Portfolios and Theses to all members of the supervising committee. Master's students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester.

March 19

Last day to request oral defense of Portfolios, Theses, & Dissertations.
March 27

Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 8 April). (Students submitting Proposals on this date will graduate in summer or later terms.) (Submit hard copies to Alice Presti in JO 4.510)

April 2

Last day to hold oral defense of Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations.
April 9

Last day to upload Dissertation for final review by Graduate Education Office.
April 16

Last day to receive approval of final version of dissertation by Graduate Education Office.
April 30, Noon

Last day for final submission of Portfolios (to the A&H office).
Last day to receive approval of final version of Theses by Graduate Education Office.

TBA

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony & Spring Commencement.

 

For general University deadlines, see the Academic Calendar. For deadlines pertaining to the Office of Graduate Studies, see here.