Upon Admission / During First Semester:
- Contact and Communicate with your assigned Academic Advisor
- Construct a Degree Plan based on future course rotation schedule
NOTE: Full time in Fall and Spring semesters is 9 hours. Full time in Summer is 6 hours.
- Complete GRE (if not done already) by the end of the First Semester. (NOTE: If the GRE is not taken prior to admission, students are not eligible for full qualification admission and not eligible for financial aid or assistantships.)
After 9 hours completed and before 15 hours completed / PRIOR to enrolling in Thesis Hours:
- Select a Research Advisor and Thesis Committee
- Complete an "Intent to Complete a Thesis" Form and submit to Graduate School
- Complete a "Petition for Candidacy / Program of Study" Form and submit to Graduate School
Upon enrollment in Thesis Hours:
- By end of 1st semester in which student registers for Thesis credit, complete and Present / Defend Thesis Proposal to Committee
- Continuous Enrollment: Student must register for at least one hour of thesis credit each semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer) after enrolling in their first thesis course
During Final Semester
- Apply to graduate (see UCA Academic Calendar for deadlines)
- Submit Thesis to Committee for approval then Defend Thesis publicly. Obtain approval of written thesis from Committee
- Submit a draft of the thesis for a format check to the Graduate School
- Submit "final" thesis to Graduate School for approval AT LEAST two weeks prior to graduation
- To complete the degree requirement, upload thesis to Proquest after the final copies are approved by the dean