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Sequence of Events/Deadlines
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Sequence of Events
needs to occur before taking the oral examination or approving either a
curriculum contract or thesis proposal. The student, in
consultation with the Major Advisor, will select the Supervisory Committee members and
determine their willingness to serve. The student must then submit a written request
to the Graduate Coordinator to establish the committee. The Graduate Coordinator, in
conjunction with the Graduate Committee of the Department of Biology, will evaluate the
request and notify each faculty member in writing if approved for the Supervisory
Committee. Note: students are encouraged to establish their
Supervisory Committee during their first semester of graduate course work.
and returned to the
Graduate Coordinator.
Thesis Topic Proposal: should be
approved before the first day of classes of the third semester (counting only
spring and fall semesters) for which the student has enrolled in at least one
graduate level course. Must be accompanied by a Thesis Topic
Approval
Form. Both the cover page of the thesis proposal and the Topic Approval Form
must
be signed by all members of the
Supervisory Committee
and returned to the Graduate Coordinator.
Oral Candidacy Examination:
should be approved before the first day of classes of the third semester
(counting only spring and fall semesters) for which the student has enrolled
in at least one graduate level course.
Oral Comprehensive Examination
form
is available on-line.
The M.S. student’s oral examination cannot
precede the thesis topic proposal meeting.
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Oral Candidacy Examination Retake: within two months (including summer) of the
original exam. Students who fail both the oral exam and the retake
oral exam
will be dismissed from the Masters program.
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Application for Candidacy: following completion of the oral candidacy exam and
the thesis proposal. An Application for Candidacy
Form
must be completed and submitted to
the Registrar.
To access the “On-Line Graduation Application.”
a) Log-on to
Banner Self Service Account
b) Click on “Student Services/Financial Aid/Student
Accounts” option
c) Click on “Student Records” option
d) Click on “Online Graduation Application” option
NOTES:
i)
if you change your graduation date, you will need to submit a
new form, and repay the application fee.
ii) students still need to provide the
Graduate School with paper copies of “Application for Candidacy for a Degree
Program”. These forms will continue to be available from the “Graduate
School Forms” page of the Graduate School Website.
Once you
submit an Application for Degree, the Graduate School, Payroll Office, and
Registrar will consider your listed graduation semester as your last
semester as a student. If you find that you will not actually graduate by
your listed date, you must submit a new Application for Degree. When you
submit this revised Application, write "Update" on the form and you will not
need to pay a second application fee.
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Thesis: must be approved by all members of the Supervisory Committee prior to the
Thesis Defense Seminar. Three final signed copies must be submitted to the Graduate School
one week prior to the start of final exams of the semester in which the student plans to
graduate.
Information
on form and organization of the thesis, in addition to other regulations, is
presented in the University's Thesis and Dissertation Guide, available on the
Graduate
School
website.
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Change of grade:
For some individualized instruction courses,
such as BIOL8999, an “IP” grade is received up until the
semester in which a student graduates. At the end of the
semester in which a student graduates, those grades need to
be changed.
On the
special request form, Following the instructions on the
form cover sheet, enter the course for which an
"IP" grade has been received. One form should be
used for each course - if enrolled in a given course in more
than one semester, add each semester/section number to the
form. Once completed, the form should be given to the
Graduate School office.
Progression Deadlines:
A student must have an advisor by the end of their
2nd Semester.
The Oral Candidacy exam should be approved before
the beginning of the 3rd semester.
The Thesis Topic should be approved before the
beginning of the 3rd semester.
The Curriculum Contract should be approved before
the beginning of the 3rd semester.
A student must establish their Thesis Supervisory Committee before
taking the oral examination or approving either a curriculum contract or
thesis proposal
Application/Review Deadlines: The Department of Biology accepts
applications for the Masters program throughout the year. However,
applications for the Fall semester will be
reviewed on March 15; applications for
the Spring semester will be reviewed on Oct 15. When possible, and
in certain circumstances, applications will be reviewed when received.
Applications received after the last review date will be evaluated as received.
Although awards are often made after these deadlines, for full consideration of
a tuition waiver and teaching assistantship, applications should be submitted by
the scheduled review date for each semester.
Graduation Deadlines:
Deadline to submit Application for Degree
and Application for Candidacy for:
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December 2008:
September 4, 2008
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May 2009: January
22, 2009
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Summer I 2009:
May 27, 2009
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Summer II 2009: July
7, 2009
Deadline for submission of Masters thesis
to the Graduate School for:
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December 2008:
November 21, 2008
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May 2009: April
17, 2009
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Summer I 2009:
June 29, 2009
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Summer II 2009: August
7, 2009
NOTE: Thesis should be given
to Supervisory Committee members at least 2 weeks before the Defense, unless
they indicate otherwise.
Forms and other Graduation Information
Click
here
for
additional graduation information available from the UNC Charlotte Graduate
School, including deadlines, and Degree and Candidacy forms (including who to
contact if you want to change your graduation date).
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