Graduate Programs
Degree Completion
- Completing your MS in ESP
- Completing your PhD in ESP
- Completing your Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management
Graduation
Environmental Science and Policy requests that your final defense and research papers be completed and ready one week prior to the university deadline. Our target date is November 21, 2008
Checklist for Graduate Students:
Complete the following steps :
For Students planning to graduate January 2009, please file your intent immediately.
- ____ File a Graduation Intent through the PatriotWeb system.
- ____ Students should be familiar with all graduation policies contained on the Registrar’s graduation website. Questions about graduation procedures can be directed to alundbla@gmu.edu.
- ____ Update your current mailing address, phone number, and email address at Patriot Web.
Complete these steps for the department : (recommend 4 weeks in advance)
- _____ Select a defense date with your committee. _________________
- _____ Identify a location for the oral defense of your thesis, project, or dissertation.
For assistance with location and reservation information, please email Annaliesa
- _____ Reserve a laptop (if needed) and LCD projector in the ESP office.
- Send an electronic copy of your signature page to Gail Hodges at ghodges@gmu.edu for formatting approval.
ELECTRONIC THESIS AND DISSERTATION NOW AVAILABLE: SEE THIS LINK:
http://thesis.gmu.edu/archive.htm#etd
Continue degree completion directions:
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THESIS - SPECIFIC ANNOUNCEMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
_____ AT LEAST 15 days prior to defense, send an email with the subject line heading to include your name and date of defense : (sample: Dissertation defense John Doe 10/25/08 ) In this email include:
Your full name
Date, time and location of defense
Title of Thesis
Thesis director and committee names
Abstract (1 paragraph is fine)
DOCTORAL - SPECIFIC DISSERTATION INSTUCTIONS :
AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE even if you only have partial chapters done!, Students completing dissertations are required to schedule a formatting review with Sarah Patton, the GMU Dissertation and Thesis Coordinator, in Fenwick library. She can be reached at 703.993.2222 or udts@gmu.edu. Formatting guidelines and submission information are available online.
- _____ 7 Days prior to your defense, please deliver a copy of your dissertation to the reference desk at the Johnson Center Library.
- _____ AT LEAST 15 days prior to defense, send an email with the subject line heading to include your name and date of defense : (sample: Dissertation defense John Doe 10/25/08 ) In this email include:
Your full name
Date, time and location of defense
Title of Dissertation,
Dissertation director and committee names
Abstract (1 paragraph is fine)
CONTINUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR All GRADUATING GRADUATE STUDENTS:
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_____ Insure all “IP” (In Progress) and "IN" (Incomplete) grades are resolved by the end of the semester. Contact your advisor and review your transcripts.
- The due date for dissertation and thesis submission to Fenwick Library is Friday, December 5, 2008, by 5:00 p.m. Submisssions after this date will qualify for graduation in Spring 2009 (May 2009 degree conferral).
- Electronic Submission is now available. or
- Traditional method:
- Two copies of the entire dissertation (signature sheet through vita) unbound on white 100% cotton bond paper (20 or 24 pound) with original signatures in black ink on both signature sheets, along with a complete copy of the dissertation on regular copy paper, must be submitted to Sarah Patton in Fenwick Library .
- Your committee, program director, department chairperson, and the COS Assistant Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs, and the COS Dean must sign your dissertation before it is submitted to the library. PLEASE ALLOW TIME TO OBTAIN ALL SIGNATURES OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMITTEE. *refer to ESP deadline: November 21, 2008.
- Once you have obtained the signatures of your committee and departmental administrators, bring the signature page to the Graduate Academic Affairs Office in the COS Dean's Office - Science and Tech I Room 100 for the Associate Deans’ signature. The next signature will be the COS Dean(s) in Research 1.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PERSONALLY PICK UP AND TRANSPORT YOUR DISSERTATION TO FENWICK LIBRARY, CALL THE GRADUATE SERVICES OFFICE. THERE ARE NO EXTENSIONS OR EXCEPTIONS.