Key Dates and Deadlines

Fall 2007 Semester
March 5–Aug. 3, 2007
Submit Intent to Graduate and Graduate Survey to Joy for Fall 2007 graduation.
August 16, 2007

MS Program Workshop (new and continuing students), 10:00am– 11:30am, ENGII Bldg. Rm 103, Contents: Program requirements, GRE and GPA contingencies, program of study, thesis requirements and procedures, oral comprehensive examination.

Ph.D. Workshop (new and continuing students), 1:00-2:30pm, ENGII Bldg. RM 103, Contents: Intro to IEMS Ph.D. program, admission requirements, qualifying examination, overview of candidacy and dissertation requirements assistantships, tuition waivers.

August 17, 2007
GTA Training deadline. GTA Workshop (mandatory for graduate assistants who will be working directly with students in any way).
August 17, 2007
Registration ends—ENGII 312 for SASS audits; ENGI 107 for registration.
August 20, 2007
Classes begin
August 20-24, 2007
Late Registration and Add/Drop
September 3, 2007
Labor Day
September 21, 2007
Candidacy Oral Exam Deadline for PhD students wanting to convert Doctoral Research hours to Dissertation hours
October 12, 2007
Request Thesis/Dissertation defense date from advisor. October 12, 2007 Doctoral students submit a bookmarked PDF draft of your dissertation to the editor for a format review. Students who fail to submit their thesis/dissertation by this date are not guaranteed a review in time for the final submission.
October 12, 2007
Withdrawal deadline. Deadline for PhD students to convert Doctoral Research hours to Dissertation hours.
October 12, 2007
Deadline for notifying Joy of intent to take Fall ‘06 Ph.D. QE.
October 24-25, 2007
Masters Oral Comprehensive Examination
October 26, 2007
MS students submit a bookmarked PDF draft of your thesis to the editor for a format review. Students who fail to submit their thesis by this date will not be granted a format review in time for final submission.
October 26, 2007
MS Thesis Proposal Deadline. Announcement of defense (to Joy) at least one week prior to presentation to Committee.
November 9, 2007
Thesis/dissertation defense deadline. Announcement of defense (to Joy) at least one week prior to defense.
November 12, 2007
Veteran’s Day
November 15, 2007
Ph.D. Qualifying Examination
November 22-25, 2007
Thanksgiving
November 26, 2007
Upload final (thesis/dissertation) by 5:00pm in order to meet the Fall 2006 graduation deadline
December 3, 2007
Classes end; Last day to remove incomplete grades.
December 4-10, 2007
Final Exams
December 13, 2006
Grades due at registrar’s office by noon
December 14/15, 2007
Commencement
December 15, 2007
Grades available on MyUCF.

Spring 2008 Semester
Oct. 15 – Dec. 3, 2008
Submit Intent to Graduate form and Graduate Survey to Joy for Spring 2008 graduation.
January 3, 2008

Ph.D. Workshop (new and continuing students), ENGII Bldg Rm 103

1:00 – 2:30pm. Contents: Intro to IEMS Ph.D. program, admission requirements, qualifying examination, overview of candidacy and dissertation requirements

MS Program Workshop (new and continuing students), ENGII Bldg Rm 103,

2:30 – 4:00pm, Contents: Program requirements, GRE and GPA contingencies, program of study, thesis requirements and procedures, oral comprehensive examination, assistantships, tuition waivers.

January 4, 2008
SPEAK Exam: Mandatory for graduate assistants who do not have a degree from an accredited U.S. institution or for whom English is a second language must register in advance at the online GTA Registration Form (http://graduate.ucf.edu/gta/).
January 4, 2008

GTA Workshop deadline (mandatory for graduate assistants who will be working directly with students in any way)

January 4, 2008
Registration ends—ENGII 312 for SASS audits; ENGI 107 for registration.
January 7, 2008
Classes begin
January 7-11, 2008
Late Registration and Add/Drop
January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King Holiday
February 11, 2008
Candidacy Oral Exam Deadline for PhD students wanting to convert Doctoral Research hours to Dissertation hours.
February 29, 2008
Request Thesis/Dissertation defense date from advisor.
February 29, 2008
Deadline for notifying Joy of intent to take Spring ’08 Ph.D. QE.
February 29, 2008
Withdrawal deadline. Deadline for PhD students to convert Doctoral Research hours to Dissertation hours.
February 29, 2008
PhD students submit a PDF draft of dissertation to the editor for a format review. Students who fail to submit their dissertation by this date are not going to be granted a review in time for the final submission.
March 14, 2008
MS students submit a bookmarked PDF draft of thesis to the editor for a format review. Students who fail to submit their thesis by this date will not be granted a review in time for final submission deadline.
March 10-15 2008
Spring Break
March 19, 2008
Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations
April 1-2, 2008
Masters Oral Comprehensive Examinations
April 4, 2008

Thesis and Dissertation Defense deadline. Announcement of defense (to Joy) at least one week prior to defense

April 18, 2008

Upload final PDF (thesis/dissertation) by 5:00pm in order to meet the Spring 2007 graduation deadline.

April 21, 2008
Classes end; Last day to remove incomplete.
April 22-28, 2008
Final Exams
May 1, 2008
Grades due in registrar’s office (by noon)
May 1-3, 2008
Commencement
May 3, 2008
Grades available on MyUCF

 



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