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Fill out your
Program of Study form;
Check that you have fulfilled the following requirements:
2 credits of seminar
9 credits in a subject area
30 credits total, at least 6 of which are thesis
Grad level stats course, or stats proficiency
Get it signed by your committee. Send it to the Graduate School (you will receive confirmation that
they receive it). Don't worry if these aren't your final class choices - there is a
Change in Program of Study form (pdf document) that you submit later - everybody
changes lots of times!
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Start your literature review, fieldwork, labwork, etc.
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In the second semester of your first
year, thesis proposal (the more you do now, the less later!) and
presentation should be done. The content, length, etc. are up to
your committee
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Get a check list for graduate degrees
from the Graduate school. This has actual deadlines to use for the
rest of your program.
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Submit an
Application for Degree form
the February prior to expected May graduation. Usually due in
October for December graduation, and June for August graduation.
Check with the Graduate School (Dottie is the contact - Phone #
1-3217.) It doesn't matter if you actually graduate - if you think
you might graduate, submit the form, and keep submitting every
semester you think you might be done.
Forms are available in the Graduate School and in the Office of Student Records or by Fax-to-Fax by dialing (207) 581-1285 and following the prompts.
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Send copies of your thesis draft around
to your committee, usually after your primary advisor is happy with
it. The earlier the better.
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Schedule your defense (at least two
weeks prior to defense) and notify (you or your advisor) the
department chair and other interested parties of the date, time,
place. Tell the other grad students so they can make you cookies!
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Submit a tentative thesis (check with
Graduate School for specifics) and a
Tentative Thesis Acceptance
form (pdf document) 24 hours before the defense, and at least 2 weeks prior to
commencement (check dates with the Graduate School). This is your
thesis, the final version, all correctly formatted, which the
Graduate School will check for formatting. You will probably have to
revise this after your defense to fully satisfy your committee and
to make any formatting changes.
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Defense! Followed by a lovely session of
grilling by the committee.
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Submit final thesis and
Final Thesis
Acceptance form (usually 8 days before commencement, check with
Graduate School) signed by your committee.
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Graduate School will give you
information on electronic thesis submission (does not replace paper
copy submission, but makes your thesis more available on the
web/through the library) when you get your tentative copy back.
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Completion of Requirements form for EES
requirements and a second Completion of Requirements form for the
Water Resources Concentration need to be submitted by your advisor
when you are finishing up.
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Double and triple check with the grad
school on completed requirements.
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Turn in your library books and pay your
parking tickets! Any unpaid bills could keep you from getting your
diploma.
