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GRADUATION DEADLINES SUMMER 2007 CALENDAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 May 14, 2006


Contact:
Bettty Goodwin

Academic Coordinator, 
202-806-5804
bgoodwin@howard.edu

   

 June 8 - REGISTRATION FOR GRADUATION

All prospective graduates must be enrolled in the Graduate School the semester they plan to graduate. All prospective graduates must have a Registration for Graduation Card on file in the Graduate School. 

June 15 - Submit applications for renewal of courses and transfer of credit.

Degree requirements for the master's and doctorate must be completed within a maximum of five and seven years, respectively, from the date of initial registration. Courses taken more than five and seven years prior to applying for graduation must be revalidated by means of a written exam administered by the department, and a restoration of course credit form filled out and submitted to the Dean. 

June 15 - MASTER'S CANDIDATES - Submit applications for Admission to Candidacy. 

June 22 - PH.D. CANDIDATES - Submit requests for oral defense examinations.

A final copy of the dissertation must accompany the request. Please submit original print. Xerox copies are not acceptable. Oral defense examinations will be scheduled only after dissertations have been checked thoroughly and approved by the Office of Educational and Research Affairs. 

PLEASE NOTE: A doctoral candidate must be admitted to candidacy no later than the semester before he/she expects the degree. 

Doctoral candidates planning to graduate for Summer 2007 were required to submit the formal application for candidacy not later than April 23, 2007.

 July 13 - PH.D. CANDIDATES - This is the last date on which defense examinations will be scheduled.

 July 27 - Theses, Dissertations and Certification Forms (GS-EA-5 and 6) are due.

All degree candidates must submit the final copies of their theses or dissertations to the Graduate School no later than ten working days after the oral defense. 

The Certification Form GS-EA-6 for all non-thesis candidates is due on this date.

The Certification Form GS-EA-7 for all graduate certificate candidates is due on this date. 

August 3 - Degree candidates must obtain financial clearance by this date. 

  

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