Deadlines for Current Graduate Students

Status and Degree Plan Worksheet	Deadline
Change Provisional Status to Unconditional Admission.	By first 12 hours earned.
Change Probationary Status to Unconditional Admission.	By first 12 hours earned.
Change Special Student Status to Unconditional Admission. (If you do not wish to obtain a degree, you may remain a Special Student indefinitely.)	Within first nine hours of completed graduate work to be counted towards the Master's degree.
During Your Last Semester You Must:	Fall	Spring
Submit Degree Plan Worksheet to your MA committee chair.	Around September 21*	Around February 16*
Submit Application for Master's Exam/Thesis defense.	early in last semester
Take Master's Examination.	By around November 29*	By around April 10*
Submit Application for Master's Exam.	Around December 10*	Around April 21*
File Application for Graduation.	Around September 21*	Around February 16*
Pay the Graduation Fee.	Around September 21*	Around February 16*
	*These dates vary slightly from semester to semester.

May a Person Take the Master's Exam More Than Once?

• If a student should fail the Master's exam, he/she may, at the discretion of the student's exam committee, be permitted to schedule a retake of the examination.
   
• If the student fails the second time, he/she will be dismissed from the program, unless the committee agrees there is just cause for him/her to take the exam yet a third time.
   
• No more than three attempts may be made.