B. Summary
table of department and university requirements (additional details about these
requirements are provided in the Deptartment website
and at the SFSU Graduate Studies website http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/degree-completion-deadline.htm)
REQUIREMENT |
WHEN TO DO IT |
DATES /DEADLINES |
Geol/Metr 700 (Graduate Seminar) |
First
semester of study |
offered
every Fall Semester |
Geol/Metr 701 (Research Methods in Ap. Geosci.) |
Second
semester of study |
offered
every Spring Semester |
Geol/Metr 702 (Quant.
Methods in Ap. Geosci.) |
Third
semester of study |
offered
every Fall Semester |
Geol/Metr 897 (Thesis Research;
6 units total; usually
taken in 3-unit increments) |
after Geol/Metr 701 (or concurrently
if approved by faculty advisor) |
Arranged
between student and advisor |
Advancement to Candidacy (ACT) form |
must be
submitted to Division of Graduate
Studies before posted the deadline in the semester prior to enrolling in Geol/Metr 898 |
for Fall '13 Geol 898 enrollment: April 1, 2012 for Spg '14 Geol 898 enrollment:
Nov 1, 2013 for
Summer '14 Geol
898 enrollment: Nov 1, 2013 |
Proposal for Culminating Experience (PCE) form |
Same
as for ACT form, but usually submitted upon completion of Geol 701 |
Same
as for ACT form |
Geol/Metr 898 (MS thesis)* (credit
requires both an oral defense
and written thesis approved
("signed off") by student's
thesis committee) |
Final
semester |
Arranged
and agreed upon by student, thesis advisor, and thesis committee |
File
application for graduation (online form) |
Early
in semester of graduation** |
for Fall '13 graduation: Sept 27, 2013; [ final deadline (Dec 20) ] for Spg '14 graduation:
Feb 21, 2014 |
Written thesis and Report of Completion of Culminating Experience Requirement form |
Submitted
to Dept. and Graduate Division (bound copies required for library and
Geosciences department) |
for Fall '13 graduation: Dec 20, 2013 for Spg '14
enrollment: May 16, 2014 |
Link to SFSU Graduate Studies page "Deadlines For
Completing A Graduate Degree" at http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/degree-completion-deadline.htm for up to date deadlines.
* students will not be allowed to enroll in Geol/Metr898
unless their ACT and PCE forms were both submitted by the posted deadline in
the prior semester. To enroll in Geol/Metr 898 during the Summer
Semester, ACT and PCE forms must have been submitted during the prior Fall
Semester before the posted deadline.
**dates shown in table
are the deadlines if attending Commencement. If not attending Commencement the
deadlines for filing for Fall '12 and Spring '13
graduations are Dec 17, 2012 and May 17, 2013, respectively.
J. Schedule to assist student planning for graduation
in the desired semester.
DEADLINES |
ACTIVITY |
FALL '13 |
SPR '14 |
Semester prior to final
semester |
(1) Submit ACT and Proposal
for Culminating Experience form to Graduate Division; (2) submit thesis intro
sections to faculty advisor for review |
Prior
Spg Semester 4/1/2013 |
Prior
Fall Semester 11/1/
2013 |
Third week of
final semester |
Submit results sections and
draft figures (plus rewritten introductory sections) to faculty advisor for
review |
Week
of Sept
10 |
Week
of Feb
9 |
Sixth week of
final semester |
Submit discussion/conclusions
sections and rewritten previous sections to faculty advisor for review |
Week
of Sept
29 |
Week
of Mar
2 |
Eighth week of final semester |
(1) With approval of faculty
advisor, submit complete draft of thesis to committee members for review; (2)
with committee approval, schedule oral defense in consultation with dept.
chair and Graduate coordinator |
Week
of Oct
13 |
Week
of Mar
16 |
Thirteenth
week of final semester (or earlier) |
Present oral defense of
thesis—need at least two weeks after defense for: (1) incorporating
committeeÕs final comments; (2) final read-through by advisor; (3) formating thesis to meet Grad Division requirements |
Week
of Dec
1 |
Week
of Apr
27 |
Last Day of Instruction |
Submit written thesis with signed cover page and Report of Completion of
Culminating Experience form to the Graduate Division |
Due
to Grad Division Dec.
20 |
Due
to Grad Division May
16 |