MS Graduation Requirements

Graduating Fall 2019 - Master's Candidates:

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If you intend to complete your Master’s degree this FALL 2019 semester, you must apply to graduate through the Graduate School online application during the application period: SEPTEMBER 6 to NOVEMBER 15, 2019.
The application period opened Sept 6^th and closes Friday, November 15^th. Graduating students MUST submit their graduation application online no later than November 15^th. Students who do not submit an application by 11/15 will not be eligible to graduate in Fall 2019.

IMPORTANT!: Graduate School online application (you must submit the attached POW form 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.

Friday, December 6, 2019 BEFORE 3 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 Dec 6, 2019 to ECJ 4.210.
·        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 Dec 6th.

If you are completing the Coursework Only option, you must be registered for at least one class this semester if you intend to graduate in December.

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

IMPORTANT NOTE: BEFORE you submit your graduation application online, please fill out the attached MS Program of Work (POW) form attached and obtain your supervising professor approval signature AND return to Velma Vela (ECJ 4.210). 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 bring it to me 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 (Velma Vela).
After your approved POW has been received, your information will be enter into your profile on the web you can apply to graduate online. 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 see the GC 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