MS Graduation Requirements

Graduating Master's Candidates:

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Step 1: If you intend to complete your Master’s degree this Spring 2021 semester, please complete the Program of Work (link above), ask your supervisor to sign the electronic form, then route it to Kathy McWilliams. She will route the POW form to the Graduate Advisor, and upon approval will email you back to say "you can now apply to graduate online."

Step 2: you must apply to graduate through the Graduate School online application before April 16, 2021.
Graduating students MUST submit their graduation application online no later than April 16. Students who do not submit an application by 4/16 will not be eligible to graduate in Spring 2021.

IMPORTANT!: Graduate School online application (you must submit the attached POW form to Kathy McWilliams before applying online): http://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/graduation/deadlines-and-submission-instructions

If you are completing a Thesis or Report, please be sure that you are registered in the correct course this semester: C E 698B Thesis; C E 398R Master’s Report; or C E 398D Departmental Report. Details below.

May 7th, 2021 BEFORE 3:00 p.m. is the due date for submitting your Thesis or Graduate/Master’s Report AND Required Printed Pages for fall graduation.
Note: Departmental Report Clearance Letter is due by May 7 by 3:00 p.m. to the Graduate Coordinator (Kathy McWilliams).
·        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”

Submit your Departmental Report CLEARANCE LETTER (included in above links) by May 7, 3:00 p.m.

If you are completing the Coursework Only option, you must be registered for at least one class during your final semester.

· Coursework Only Option (link)– Select “No Thesis/No Report”

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 former M.S. students planning to continue on to 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