Forms may be obtained from the Graduate School Office in Regent 308 or from academic departments. Master's students must file an application 10 weeks before their final-comprehensive examination, and doctoral students should make formal application at least two weeks before they take their comprehensive exams. Ask your department if you have questions about graduate degree candidacy. Only members of the graduate faculty may sit on graduate comprehensive or final exam committees. Before your exam, check with your department or the Graduate School to make sure that all the members of your committee have graduate faculty status.
Every thesis partially fulfills the requirements for an advanced degree.
Plan II for a master's candidate requires 30 semester hours of graduate work without a thesis, supplemented by a professional project.