Graduate Program Requirements Submission Process

Below is a checklist of degree program requirements for Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences graduate students. Each step of the process requires documentation be submitted to The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS). Because some requirements are online and others are paper forms, the charts below were created to guide students through the submission process. Each requirement includes a link to the document submission form (electronic and paper) along with the signatures required. All signatures on paper forms can be scanned if necessary with the exception of the individual listed in the original signature column.

Students must gather all signatures from committee members and then submit paper forms to Lindsay Hutchins in WFES 118 for the department head signature. Lindsay will scan the forms for WFSC records and submit to OGAPS.

NON-THESIS MASTERS
Requirement	Deadline	Submission Type	Signatures Required	Original Signature
Degree Plan/Committee	before end of second long (fall/spring) semester	DPSS	committee	n/a
Request to Take Final	when committee agrees professional paper is ready	paper form	chair	chair or dept head
Graduation Application	beginning of graduating semester	Howdy	n/a	n/a
MASTERS
Requirement	Deadline	Submission Type	Signatures Required	Original Signature
Degree Plan/Committee	before end of second long (fall/spring) semester	DPSS	committee	n/a
Proposal	by end of second long (fall/spring) semester	paper form	committee	chair or dept head
Request to Take Final	when committee agrees thesis is ready	paper form	chair	chair or dept head
Graduation Application	beginning of graduating semester	Howdy	n/a	n/a
Thesis Approval	after passing final and committee approves thesis	paper form	committee	dept head
Copyright	upload with thesis to OGAPS	paper form	chair	n/a
Thesis	after committee approves	Vireo	n/a	n/a
DOCTORAL
Requirement	Deadline	Submission Type	Signatures Required	Original Signature
Degree Plan/Committee	before end of fourth long (fall/spring) semester	DPSS	committee	n/a
Proposal	by end of fourth long (fall/spring) semester	paper form	committee	chair or dept head
Preliminary Exam	by end of semester where formal coursework is completed	paper form	committee	chair
Request to Take Final	when committee agrees dissertation is ready	paper form	chair	chair or dept head
Graduation Application	beginning of graduating semester	Howdy	n/a	n/a
Dissertation Approval	after passing final and committee approves thesis	paper form	committee	dept head
Copyright	upload with dissertation to OGAPS	paper form	chair	n/a
Dissertation	after committee approves	Vireo	n/a	n/a