Once you are admitted and enroll as a graduate student,
it is important to be aware of required forms, upcoming deadlines, and
pertinent information that will help you stay on track to graduate. The
"Staying on Track" Checklist and deadline information below is designed
to assist you with timely completion of required paperwork. It is not
intended to replace or stand in lieu of the Graduate Catalog, your graduate
advisor, or any university policies. It is your responsibility to remain
familiar with the Graduate Catalog and your departmental expectations. |
Taken in part from Graduate Catolog 2008-2010
- Master's Degree Checklist
- Prepare outline of curriculum with department head, graduate
coordinator, or advisor, as appropriate for your department.
- If applicable, remove conditional status with at least a 3.0
average after the completion of 12 hours of graduate credit. To
remove conditional status, submit Petition for Regular Status form
according to deadline below. The Admission to Candidacy form must
accompany the Petition for Regular Status.
- Encouraged to have advisory committee appointed prior to applying
for admission to candidacy.
- Apply for admission to candidacy after completion of 12 hours
of graduate credit. Submit the Application for Admission to Candidacy
form according to deadline below.
- If applicable, file title of thesis at the time of admission to
candidacy.
- If applicable, complete language requirement.
- Complete and submit the Graduation Check List form and Application
for Degree form by the end of the first week of the last semester
of graduate work. Refer to deadline below.
- Pay diploma fee by the end of the first week of the last semester
of study. Payable to UL Lafayette at the Student Cashier Center
in Coronna Hall, room 102.
- Order cap, gown, and hood from the UL Lafayette Bookstore. If
desired, order graduation announcements and the like from UL Lafayette
Bookstore.
- Complete residence requirements. Refer to Graduate Catalog for
details.
- Take the written and/or oral exam as required and within the prescribed
time limits provided below and within your departmental time lines.
- Complete courses listed on outline of curriculum.
- If completing thesis option, submit defended thesis to the Graduate
School for format review. Pick up thesis for correcting edit suggestions
and revisions.
- If completing thesis option, turn in to the Graduate School office
by deadline below four copies of the thesis in perfect, finished
form, each with an approval sheet with original signatures in black
ink, and two extra copies of the abstract with the appropriate heading,
and pay thesis binding charge of $10.00 per copy.
- Submit Separation Clearance form to your department.
- Attend graduation exercises, unless excused in advance in writing
by the Dean of the Graduate School.
- Doctor of Philosophy Degree Checklist
- Prepare outline of curriculum with department head, graduate coordinator,
or advisor, as appropriate for your department.
- Complete the Doctoral Advisory Committee Appointment form
- If applicable, remove conditional status with at least a 3.0 average
after the first 12 hours. To remove conditional status, submit Petition
for Regular Status form according to deadline below.
- Take and pass departmental preliminary examination(s).
- Have dissertation committee approved by the Dean of the Graduate
School. Submit the Doctoral Dissertation Committee Appointment form.
- Complete courses listed on outline of curriculum.
- Maintain a 3.0 average overall and in major field, with no more
than one C in a course to be applied toward the fulfillment of degree
requirements, and with the prescribed number of semester hours earned
in courses at the 500 and 600 levels. Refer to the Graduate Catalog
and your advisor for details.
- Complete foreign language requirement, if applicable.
- Satisfactorily complete the general comprehensive examination.
- If applicable, present acceptable dissertation prospectus to dissertation
committee.
- Apply for admission to candidacy immediately after satisfactory
completion of the general comprehensive examination. Submit the
Application for Admission to Candidacy form according to deadline
below.
- Submit Doctoral Student Progress Report form by April deadline
every year enrolled.
- Complete and submit the Graduation Check List form and Application
for Degree form by the end of the first week of the last semester
of graduate work. Refer to deadline below.
- Pay diploma fee by the end of the first week of the last semester
of study. Payable to UL Lafayette at the Student Cashier Center
in Coronna Hall, room 102.
- Order cap, gown, and hood from the UL Lafayette Bookstore. If
desired, order graduation announcements and the like from UL Lafayette
Bookstore.
- Complete residence requirements. Refer to Graduate Catalog for
details.
- Present dissertation in a form and according to a schedule acceptable
to the dissertation committee before taking the final oral and/or
written examination.
- Take the written and/or oral exam as required and within the prescribed
time limits provided below and within your departmental time lines.
- Submit defended dissertation to the Graduate School for format
review. Pick up dissertation for correcting edit suggestions and
revisions.
- Turn in to the Graduate School office by deadline below four copies
of the dissertation in perfect, finished form, each with an approval
sheet with original signatures in black ink, three extra copies
of the abstract with the appropriate heading, one copy of the dissertation
title page, and pay dissertation binding charge of $10.00 per copy.
- Pay $83 fee for the service provided by ProQuest Information and
Learning and $65 fee for copyright, optional, in the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Cashier Center in Corona Hall,
room 102.
- Complete the ProQuest Agreement form and survey of Earned Doctorate
form and submit to the Graduate School office.
- Submit Separation Clearance form to your department.
- Attend graduation exercises, unless excused in advance in writing
by the Dean of the Graduate School.
- Doctor of Education Degree Checklist
- Prepare outline of curriculum with department head, graduate coordinator,
or advisor, as appropriate for your department.
- If applicable, remove conditional status with at least a 3.25
average after the first 12 hours of graduate credit. To remove conditional
status, submit Petition for Regular Status form according to deadline
below.
- Pass qualifying paper defense.
- Have dissertation committee approved by the Dean of the Graduate
School. Submit the Doctoral Dissertation Committee Appointment form.
- Complete courses listed on outline of curriculum.
- Maintain a 3.25 average overall and in major field, with no more
than one C in a course to be applied toward the fulfillment of degree
requirements, and with the prescribed number of semester hours earned
in courses at the 500 and 800 levels. Refer to the Graduate Catalog
and your advisor for details.
- Present acceptable dissertation prospectus to dissertation committee.
- Apply for admission to candidacy immediately after satisfactory
completion of the qualifying paper. Submit the Application for Admission
to Candidacy form according to deadline below.
- Submit Doctoral Student Progress Report form by April deadline
each year.
- Complete and submit the Graduation Check List form and Application
for Degree form by the end of the first week of the last semester
of graduate work. Refer to deadline below.
- Pay diploma fee by the end of the first week of the last semester
of study. Payable to UL Lafayette at the Student Cashier Center
in Coronna Hall, room 102.
- Order cap, gown, and hood from the UL Lafayette Bookstore. If
desired, order graduation announcements and the like from UL Lafayette
Bookstore.
- Complete residence requirements. Refer to Graduate Catalog for
details.
- Present dissertation in a form and according to a schedule acceptable
to the dissertation committee before taking the final oral and/or
written examination.
- Complete the final dissertation defense/examination as required
and within the prescribed time limits provided below and within
your departmental time lines.
- Submit defended dissertation to the Graduate School for format
review. Pick up dissertation for correcting edit suggestions.
- Turn in to the Graduate School office by deadline below four copies
of the dissertation in perfect, finished form, each with an approval
sheet with original signatures in black ink, three extra copies
of the abstract with the appropriate heading, one copy of the dissertation
title page, and pay dissertation binding charge of $10.00 per copy.
- Pay $83 fee for the service provided by ProQuest Information and
Learning and $65 fee for copyright, optional, in the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Cashier Center in Corona Hall,
room 102.
- Complete the ProQuest Agreement form and survey of Earned Doctorate
form and submit to the Graduate School office.
- Submit Separation Clearance form to your department.
- Attend graduation exercises, unless excused in advance in writing
by the Dean of the Graduate School.
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