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• Complete
• Get approval/signature from Graduate Chair
• Turn a digital copy into Graduate Coordinator, so they can submit it to registrar@colorado.edu

A student choosing the non-thesis option must pass (Pass or Ph.D. Research Pass) any one of four Ph.D. preliminary exams. Ìý

A student who fails a written preliminary exam may, in a later semester, make one and only one more attempt to satisfy this requirement.Ìý In doing so, the student may switch between the thesis and the non-thesis option of the program, or between one preliminary exam area and another.Ìý Students who fail two preliminary exams are subject to dismissal from the program.

• Add the MS degree to your degree stack
• View MS deadline sheet for all deadlines: Thesis Plan Non-Thesis Plan
• Complete Candidacy Application for MS Degree
  • Complete internal MS Degree Audit to help
• Complete Masters Exam Report
  • Know the date of the Prelim you wish to use
  • Know the committee members (graders) 3 are required, If you only had two graders the Graduate Chair will be the third member.
  • Get appropriate signatures- Graduate Chair must always approve this form
  • Make a copy for the Graduate Coordinator
  • Turn original into Graduate School
• Apply online to Graduate by deadline- thru MyCUInfo

• Complete
• Get approval/signature from Graduate Chair
• Turn a digital copy into Graduate Coordinator, so they can submit it to registrar@colorado.edu

A student electing to do a thesis must enroll in 4-6 hours of thesis credit.

The M.S. student on the thesis option must be registered for a minimum of 1 credit hour during the academic term (including summer session) the defense is passed.

• Select Committee (see rules on Exam Report)
• Submit Title of Thesis to Graduate School – see deadlineÌýsheet for dates
• Complete Master's Exam ReportÌýfor committee approval –select Final (at least 3Ìýweeks prior to Defense Date)
  • Get Graduate Chair signature/approval
  • Make copy for Graduate Coordinator
  • Submit original to Graduate School
• Print a copyÌýof Thesis Signature page, get signatures and submit directly to the Graduate School.
• Have Committee Chair pick up Exam Report from Graduate Coordinator prior to Thesis Defense. (Graduate Coordinator will have it ready at least 48 hrs. prior to Exam time)
• Submit Thesis to Graduate School electronically- see deadlineÌýsheet for dates and instructions.
• Submit 3 hard copiesÌýof thesis to Graduate Coordinator.ÌýSame due date as Graduate School submission date.ÌýThis version will serve as the archival copy kept by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Library. These three copies will be bound for you by the department free of charge (one for you, one for the department, and one for your advisor)
  • One copy must be printed single sided, on 8.5 x 11 watermarked paper of at least 25 % cotton and 20# weight.
  • The other two copies can be printed double sided,Ìý, on 8.5 x 11 watermarked paper of at least 25 % cotton and 20# weight.
• Submit Thesis to CU Electronic Scholars Depository- see instructions .

• Add the MS degree to your degree stack
• View MS deadline sheet for all deadlines: Ìý Ìý Ìý
• Complete Candidacy Application for MS Degree
  • Complete internal MS Degree Audit to help
• Complete Defense
• Apply online to Graduate by deadline- thru MyCUInfo