The last semester of school before the completion of your degree is a busy time.
The following is a checklist of items that should be done during the last semester
before graduation. The following is intended to be a generic list of requirements
for all graduate students. Contact your academic department for any additional
or more specific requirements they may have.
In addition to the items listed below, it is always a good idea to keep an
eye on your olemiss.edu email account and stay in contact with your department
so that you may be informed of any other information you need to know, missing
paperwork etc.
1) Both Masters and Doctoral students
should fill out an Application
for Graduate Degree by the last day to add classes. When this form is turned
in you will be authorized to fill out an Online
Diploma Application. This form must be competed in order to graduate.
2) You must pay your Graduation
Fee. This fee will be billed to your Bursar account after you complete your
Online Diploma Application.
3) Approximately 10 days before your Final Defense in the case
of thesis/dissertation or Final Exam in the case of non-thesis programs, you
should submit the Authorization of Final Oral/Written
Exam.
4) If you are completing a Thesis or Dissertation
it is recommended that you use the Thesis/Dissertation
Preparation Manual and Thesis/Dissertation Template
located on the Graduate School Website. It outlines all the formatting guidelines
required. Additionally, you are encouraged to bring a copy of your thesis/dissertation
by the Graduate School to have the formatting checked before having it copied
onto the cotton paper.
5) If you are submitting a Thesis or Dissertation you must
pay binding and/or microfilming fees. Master’s students completing
a Thesis must pay a $7 binding fee, while Doctoral students
pay an $88 binding/microfilming fee. Doctoral students
may also pay an optional $65 copyright fee if they wish
UMI to copyright their Dissertation or Doctoral Essay for them. These fees
are paid to the Bursar’s Office and the receipt should be turned in
with the final copies of the Thesis or Dissertation.
6) You must turn in 2 final copies of
your Thesis or Dissertation by the LAST DAY OF CLASSES of the
semester in which you will graduate.
7) Doctoral candidates only: You must complete a Survey
of Earned Doctorates and UMI Publication Agreement Form.
These forms are available online as well as at the Graduate School.
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