Graduation Deadlines

(As determined by the College of Arts & Sciences)

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AUGUST 2011 Graduation Deadlines

JUNE 17                 Last day to file application for August graduation for doctoral and master's candidates.

JULY 5                Final date for oral examination of doctoral and master's candidates.

JULY 18              Final date to file Thesis/Dissertation (must file electronically).

AUGUST 5           IP's must be cleared for commencement.

AUGUST 11         Doctoral commencement.

AUGUST 13         Kent campus commencement.

DECEMBER 2011 Graduation Deadlines

SEPTEMBER 2        Last day to file application for December graduation for doctoral and master's candidates.

NOVEMBER 11     Final date for oral examination of doctoral and master's candidates for December graduation.

NOVEMBER 28     Final date to file Thesis/Dissertation (must file electronically).

DECEMBER 12     IP's must be cleared for commencement.

DECEMBER 17      Kent campus commencement (December Doctoral Ceremony Eliminated).

Math Graduate Program "Timing"

Students must register within two years after admission date, or will need to reapply. Timetables for part-time students or students who transfer graduate credit from another institution will be set after consultation with the Coordinator of Graduate Studies.

Benchmark general guidelines

Qualifiers

• Entered with a Bachelors: should take before end of second calendar year at Kent State
• Entered with a Masters: should take before end of first calendar year in the PhD program

Foreign Language Requirement (PhD)

• Must be completed before Candidacy

Candidacy

• Entered with a Bachelors: must pass by end of fifth calendar year
• Entered with a Masters: must pass by end of fourth calendar year
• Must pass at least 9 months before graduation (ensures 30 credits of Diss I)

Thesis

• Thesis students must allow time for 6 credit hours of Thesis I.
• At least one semester before defense: "Notification of Thesis Topic" form must be filed
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor circulates dissertation to Dissertation committee for evaluation and corrections (Corrections are then given to student.)
• 10 days before oral defense: Exam committee reviews dissertation in final form

Dissertation

• Dissertations must be completed no longer than five calendar years after candidacy.
• At least one semester before defense: "Notification of Dissertation Topic" form must be filed (after foreign language requirement satisfied)
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor requests Graduate Faculty Representative
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor circulates dissertation to Dissertation committee for evaluation and corrections (Corrections are then given to student.)
• 10 days before oral defense: Exam committee reviews dissertation in final form

Limits

Completion of degree:

• master's degree must be completed within six years
• doctoral degree must be completed within ten years

139/173 -Hour Rule

Students NOT eligible for Graduate appointment support:

• Entered with a masters degree (from another institution) and have 139 KSU hours
• or Entered without a masters degree and have 173 KSU hours

(Total credit hours includes courses with letter grades, and courses with "grades" of Incomplete, In Progress, and Not Reported.)