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.
Spring 2019
| January 2 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 16 January). (This is the last date for Proposals from students expecting to graduate in the Spring semester.) |
| January 4 | Last day to submit completed and signed form (with reading list) for independent study |
| January 23 | Applications for Graduation due online (contact Pia for MA, Alice for PhD). |
| February 1 | Teaching Assistant Applications due (submit to Julia Maddox). |
| February 6 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 20 February). (Students submitting Proposals on this date will graduate in summer or later semesters.) |
| February 26 | 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 12 | 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 26 | 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 10 April). (Students submitting Proposals on this date will graduate in spring or later terms.) |
| April 9 | Last day to hold oral defense of Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations. |
| April 23 | Last day to upload Dissertation for final review by Graduate Studies Office. Last day to upload thesis for review by Graduate Studies Office. |
| April 30 | Last day for final submission of Portfolios (to the A&H 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.