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

SPRING 2008 DEADLINES
January 18th  Last Day to file an application for 2008 Graduation concerning Doctoral and Master's candidates.
April 14th  Final Date for oral examination of Doctoral and Master's candidates planning graduation.
April 21st  All candidates for graduation must have dissertation/thesis and abstract filed in the Graduate Affairs Office.
May 10th & 11th  IPs must be cleared.May 2nd Commencement.

SUMMER 2008 DEADLINES
June 13 Last day to file application for August 2008 Graduation for doctoral and master’s candidates
July 7 Final date for oral examination for doctoral and master’s candidates
July 21 Final date to file Thesis/Dissertation and abstract in the Graduate Affairs Office
August 8 IP’s must be cleared for Commencement
August 14th/16th Commencement

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.)