Steps to Your Degree

Each of these steps should be taken at the appropriate time in your academic career. Please see 'Deadlines' for dates you will need to be aware of to keep your graduation on schedule. Each of these steps requires completion and submission of the appropriate student form which you may access through UAccess, clicking on the drop-down menu under the Academics section and selecting "GradPath Forms."  

The first form you will be required to submit is to verify compliance with the Responsible Conduct of Research regulations.  Before you begin conducting research, be sure you've fulfilled all your responsibilities with regard to the Responsible Conduct of Research, especially with regard to human subjects.

Doctoral Degree

Forms

  1. Responsible Conduct of Research Form
  2. Evaluation of Transfer Credit (If applicable)
  3. Doctoral Plan of Study
  4. Comprehensive Exam Committee Appointment Form
  5. Announcement of Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
  6. Results of the Oral Comprehensive Examination for Doctoral Candidacy (submitted by committee chair)
  7. Verification of Prospectus/Proposal Approval (submitted by Graduate Coordinator)
  8. Doctoral Dissertation Committee Appointment Form
  9. Announcement of Final Defense
  10. Results of Final Defense (submitted by committee chair)
  11. The Submission Process

Other Information:

Master's or Specialist Degree

Forms

  1. Responsible Conduct of Research Form
  2. Evalution of Transfer Credit (If applicable)
  3. Master's/Specialist Plan of Study
  4. Master's/Specialist Committee Appointment Form--needs to be submitted by every Master's/Specialist student whether or not that student has a committee.
  5. Master's/Specialist Completion Confirmation Form--Graduate Coordinators submit this form on behalf of the student
  6. Exit survey

Other information: