For the most up-to-date deadlines from Arts and Sciences, go to http://as.kent.edu/graddlines.html.

Graduation Deadlines
(As determined by the College of Arts & Sciences)

December 2009 DEADLINES
September 4        Last Day to file an application for December 2009 Graduation for Doctoral and Master's candidates.
November 13       Final Date for oral examination of Doctoral and Master's candidates planning graduation.
November 30       All candidates for graduation must have dissertation/thesis and abstract filed in the Graduate Affairs Office.  (Must file electronically)
December 7         IPs must be cleared for Commencement.
December 17        Doctoral Commencement ceremony.
December 19        Kent Campus Commencement ceremonies.

May 2010 DEADLINES
January 22        Last Day to file an application for August Graduation concerning Doctoral and Master's candidates.
April 2                Final date for oral examination of Doctoral and Master's candidates planning graduation.
April 19              Final date to file Thesis/Dissertation (must file electronically).
May 3                 IP's must be cleared for Commencement.
May 13               Doctoral Commencement ceremony.
May 15               Kent Campus commencement ceremony.

Graduate Seminar Schedule
...can be found on the Graduate Seminar page

Math Graduate Program “Timing”

Students must register within two years after admission date, or will need to reapply. Timetables for part-time students or students who transfer graduate credit from another institution will be set after consultation with the Coordinator of Graduate Studies.

Benchmark general guidelines

Qualifiers

• Entered with a Bachelors: should take before end of second calendar year at Kent State
• Entered with a Masters: should take before end of first calendar year in the PhD program

Foreign Language Requirement (PhD)

• Must be completed before Candidacy

Candidacy

• Entered with a Bachelors: must pass by end of fifth calendar year
• Entered with a Masters: must pass by end of fourth calendar year
• Must pass at least 9 months before graduation (ensures 30 credits of Diss I)

Thesis

• Thesis students must allow time for 6 credit hours of Thesis I.
• At least one semester before defense: "Notification of Thesis Topic" form must be filed
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor requests Graduate Faculty Representative
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor circulates dissertation to Dissertation committee for evaluation and corrections (Corrections are then given to student.)
• 10 days before oral defense: Exam committee reviews dissertation in final form

Dissertation

• Dissertations must be completed no longer than five calendar years after candidacy.
• At least one semester before defense: "Notification of Dissertation Topic" form must be filed (after foreign language requirement satisfied)
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor requests Graduate Faculty Representative
• 20+ days before oral defense: Advisor circulates dissertation to Dissertation committee for evaluation and corrections (Corrections are then given to student.)
• 10 days before oral defense: Exam committee reviews dissertation in final form

Limits

Completion of degree:

• master's degree must be completed within six years
• doctoral degree must be completed within ten years

139/173 -Hour Rule

Students NOT eligible for Graduate appointment support:

• Entered with a masters degree (from another institution) and have 139 KSU hours
• or Entered without a masters degree and have 173 KSU hours

(Total credit hours includes courses with letter grades, and courses with "grades" of Incomplete, In Progress, and Not Reported.)