Preparing for Graduation

In anticipation of successful completion of all of the requirements of the Program there are a number of administrative hurdles to jump. This section summarizes degree clearance requirements. Graduation term refers to the term at the end of which the degree will be awarded.

Students, please note that some of the steps listed below are your responsibility and others are the responsibility of your advisor. If you are as sharp as we think you are, you will hound your advisor until the step (usually a form to be filed) is completed.

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Master’s Thesis Checklist | The Graduate School | UNC Charlotte

Application for Degree (student responsibility)
Deadline: Refer to Academic Calendar for deadlines.

Continuous Enrollment (student responsibility)
Deadline: Last day to register for graduation term.

Students must be enrolled for their graduation term. Students could take GRAD 7999 – Master’s Graduate Residency Credit (1 credit hour), if they have met the Graduate School requirement for continuous enrollment during their final term prior to graduation when all degree requirements (including dissertation) have been completed. This course is non-graded, and credit for this course does not count toward the degree. Please submit an academic petition if you wish to take GRAD 7999.

This form is for the appointment of the master’s thesis committee and is due at least 1 week prior to the proposal defense. Committee chairs should be tenured faculty.  When that is not possible, a tenured faculty member may be appointed as a co-chair.  All committee members must hold graduate faculty appointments. One chair must hold regular graduate faculty membership in the student’s program or department. Co-chairs should be listed on the committee form and on the title page.

You must complete this Exceptions Form if the individual you are requesting to serve on a Master’s thesis or Doctoral committee does not possess the terminal degree for your program.   Please enter the data on the form, print and sign.  You can scan the document and forward as a pdf and subsequent approvers can add their signatures using Adobe.  At present, this is not an online form, nor formatted for Docusign.