WSC Grad Program - Sequence of Requirements for MSE Degree

1. File Graduate Application for Admission form and one official bachelor's degree transcript and the Graduate Degree Reference form
Office: Admissions Office
Time: At least two weeks before registration

2. File Graduate Degree Reference form
Office: Graduate Office
Time: At least two weeks before registration

3. Graduate Record Exam
    Office: Graduate Office
    Time: At initial registration time, file for the GRE general exam, to be
    completed before completing 9 hours of coursework.  Scores must be

sent to the Graduate Office.

4. File program of study
Office: Graduate Office
Time: Before completing 15 semester credit hours

Programs of study may include regular graduate courses as well as special courses such as 695 Independent Study and 699 Thesis, which require special forms. The student must complete the appropriate form, obtain the required signatures and file with the Graduate Office.

If the program of study needs to be revised after it is filed with the Graduate Office, the student must complete a Substitution of Course Work form, obtain the required signatures and file it with the Graduate Office. This form is also used for transfer course work once WSC receives an official transcript.

5. Department meeting; file 15-Hour Graduate Student Evaluation form; admission to degree candidacy
Office: Advisor, Department Chair, Graduate Office
Time: After completing 15 semester credit hours

6. File Request to Take Comprehensive Examination or Request for Portfolio Review
    Office: Advisor, Department Chair, Graduate Office
    Time: Request to Take Comprehensive Examination or Request
    for Portfolio Review signed and filed in the Graduate Office two
    weeks before the examination or review

7. File one 600-level paper
    Office: Graduate Office
    Time: The file paper must be placed on file in the Graduate Office
    28 calendar days before anticipated date of graduation.  The Non-
    Thesis signature sheet, containing the appropriate signatures,
    must accompany the file paper. Learning Community students should use the
    Non-Thesis Learning Community signature sheet.

8. File original and three (3) copies of thesis and abstracts
    Office: Graduate Office
    Time: Not later than 19 days after oral examination. The Thesis
    signature sheet, containing the appropriate signatures, must
    accompany the original copy of the thesis.

9. File Application for Graduation
    Office: Graduate Office
    Time: Not later than the end of the second week of the semester in which the
    student intends to graduate

Please note: A request for a waiver of any degree/program requirements is filed using the Letter of Petition.

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