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· Thesis Option (link) – Select “Thesis” when applying to graduate.
· Graduate School Report Option (link) – Select “Report” when applying to graduate.
· Departmental Report Option (link) – For departmental report select “No Thesis/No Report" option.
Note: Departmental Report Clearance Letter is due by April 21, 2023 to the Graduate Coordinator (Kathy McWilliams).
New Docusign version Clearance Letter
Departmental Report students will not submit their Report to the Graduate School, instead it resides in the department with your Area/ major.
The graduation application Master’s Graduation Application form must be completed and submitted during the appropriate time period:
- Spring 2023 Graduates – January 9, 2023 – March 31Summer 2023 Graduates – June 1, 2023 – July 28, 2023
Students who do not submit the form by the deadline will not be eligible to receive their degree until the subsequent semester.
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All students must be registered in their final graduating semester. Thesis Option students must be registered in 698B and Report Option students must be registered in or have taken 398D to submit a graduation application.
Thesis or
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Submission
Please see https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/graduation/deadlines-and-submission-instructions for template and digital submission instructions.
The University has acquired access to iThenticate by Turnitin that allows you to check your report, thesis , or dissertation to help identify potential textual similarities between your document and other previously published documents. The Graduate School strongly encourages the use of this tool while preparing drafts of your report, thesis , or dissertation, along with discussion of the results of these reviews with your supervisor. You can find information abut using this tool at at https://gradschool.utexas.edu/content/ithenticate .
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The upload and required pages are due by 3 p.m. CDT on the deadline:
- April 21
August 11, 2023
Required Pages Pages for Thesis option:
Thesis/Report Option students are also required to submit a copy of the following pages to the Graduate School at GradStudentSvcs@austin.utexas.edu by by 3 p.m. CDT on the relevant deadline listed belowabove. All paperwork must be submitted together in one PDF packet. Incomplete packets will not be accepted:
- A master's committee approval form (PDF) or Docusign CAEE Master's Committee Approval form, with signatures of your supervising committee. ALL committee members must sign the master's committee approval form - no proxy signatures allowed; and
- Any requests Optional - any request to Delay Publication.
April 21 Docusign Request to Delay Publication
August 11, 2023 BEFORE 3:00 p.m. is the due date for submitting your Thesis or Graduate/Master’s Report AND Required Printed Pages for graduation AND emailing the Master's Committee Approval form and optional Request to Delay Publication.
Notes on the MS Program of Work (POW) List only the courses that you want to count toward your MS degree; there should be exactly 30 hours of coursework listed (including 698A/B Thesis, 398R Master’s Report, or 398D Departmental Report for any Report of Thesis MS options – these courses should be listed under major coursework), with at least 6 hours listed under Supporting Work & reasoning included. Once your supervisor signs the form, please email it to the Graduate Coordinator (Kathy McWilliams) for graduate advisor approval.
Your online graduation application will NOT be approved until you submit the signed Program of Work form to the Graduate Coordinator (Kathy McWilliams).
When your online graduation application is approved by the graduate advisor, the electronic version of your POW will be submitted to the Graduate School and becomes a permanent part of your academic record.
Please contact Kathy McWilliams if you have any questions or concerns about applying to graduate.In Absentia - https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/policies/in-absentia-registration
Current or formerM.S. students planning to continue on
to theto the PhD program must complete the PhD Continuation Application
LINK to form - http://www.caee.utexas.edu/images/gradforms/PhD%20Application%20Form%20-%20Typeable%20updated.pdf
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