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.
Fall 2018
| August 8 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, Casebooks, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 22 August). (This is the last date for proposals from MA students expecting to graduate in the Fall semester.) |
| August 28 | Applications for Graduation due (please email Pia for MA or Alice for PhD, to activate application). |
| September 24 | 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. |
| September 26 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, Casebooks, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 10 October). (Students submitting proposals on this date will graduate in spring or later semesters.) |
| October 9 | Last day for submission of final draft of portfolios or theses to all members of the supervising committee. Master’s students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester. |
| October 23 | Last day to request oral defense of portfolios (A&H Office), theses (A&H Office), and dissertations (Grad Dean). |
| October 31 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, Casebooks, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 14 November). (Students submitting proposals on this date will graduate in spring or later semesters.) |
| November 6 | Last day to hold oral defense of portfolios, theses, and dissertations. |
| November 15 | Last day for final submission of dissertations. |
| November 20 | Last day for final submission of theses and portfolios. |
Summer 2018
| May 16 | Proposals for Portfolios, Theses, and Dissertations due in the A&H Office (for GSC consideration on 30 May). |
| May 22 | 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 | Applications for Graduation due. |
| June 8 | Last day for submission of final draft of portfolios and theses to all members of the supervising committee. M.A. students who do not meet this deadline will not graduate this semester. |
| June 22 | Last day for requests for oral defense of dissertations, theses, and portfolios. |
| July 6 | Last day for defense of dissertations, theses, and portfolios. |
| July 17 | Last day for final submissions of dissertations to Office of Graduate Dean. |
| July 20 | Last day for final submissions of theses (to the Office of the Graduate Dean) and portfolios (to the A&H Office) |
For general University deadlines, see the Academic Calendar. For deadlines pertaining to the Office of Graduate Studies, see here.