Graduate Student Guide

This Graduate Student Guide will support you in the successful pursuit of your graduate degree. The guide is designed with four components:

• Academic Planning
• Advancement to Candidacy
• Culminating Experience
• Graduation

First, you will start your graduate career by academic planning. In addition, you will be guided through the Petition for Advancement to Graduate Candidacy [pdf], which is your university-approved graduate degree program. Next, we will discuss the culminating experience required to complete a master's or doctorate degree program. Finally, this guide will walk you through degree requirements and the graduation process.

Please note that our Steps to Graduation Brochure [pdf] compliments this online Graduate Student Guide and provides an overview of your entire graduate career.