Requirement | August 2013
| December2013 |
May 2014 | Summer 2014 | Submit Application for Degree form, updated Plan of Study and Exit Survey: www.usm.edu/graduateschool | Monday March 18, 2013 | Friday July 5, 2013 | Thursday November 8, 2013 | Monday March 17, 2014 | Submit Dissertation Prospectus Approval Form to Graduate Degree Auditor | Monday, March 18, 2013 | Friday July 5, 2013 | Thursday November 8, 2013 | Monday March 17, 2014 | Submit Contact Graduate Reader Form www.usm.edu/graduateschool | Monday March 18, 2013 | Friday July 5, 2013 | Thursday November 8, 2013 |
Monday March 17, 2014
| *E-mail title page to graduatereader@usm.edu for approval. Example thesis and dissertation title pages can be found in the Guidelines for Dissertations and Thesis on pages 26 and 27. | Monday March 18, 2013 | Friday July 5, 2013 | Thursday November 8, 2013 | Monday March 17, 2014 | *Submit results of Oral Defense of Thesis or Dissertation Form to the Graduate School. | Monday June 24, 2013 | Thursday October 10,2013 | Tuesday March 18, 2014 | Monday June 23, 2014 | *Submit hard copy of thesis or dissertation to the graduate reader for proofing and final approval on regular paper. FINAL SIGNED TITLE PAGES DUE! Two (2) signed title pages are due to the graduate reader. Title page must be approved by the graduate reader beforeit is signed by the committee following the successful defense of dissertation or thesis. Final approval signatures must be in black ink. | Monday July 1, 2013 | Thursday October 17,2013 | Tuesday March 25, 2014 | Monday June 30, 2014 | *Submit final copies of dissertation to the graduate reader. | Monday August 5, 2013 | Wednesday November 20,2013 | Wednesday April 23, 2014 | Wednesday July 30, 2014 | *Submit final copies of thesis to the graduate reader. | Monday August 5, 2013 | Wednesday November 27,2013 | Wednesday April 30, 2014 | Friday August 1, 2014
| *Commencement Green Coliseum 10:00 or 2:30 pm (click here for more information) | **No ceremony
| Friday December 13,2013 | Friday May 9, 2014 | No Ceremony
| *Submit comprehensive exam results form for master's and specialist's students NOT writing a thesis. Submit change of grade forms for "I" grades. | Friday August 2, 2013 | Monday December 9,2013 | Tuesday May 6, 2014 | Friday August 1, 2014 |
* No exceptions to the deadlines will be permitted ** August graduates may participate in the December ceremony |
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