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 the graduate advisor for the department head signature. Graduate advisor will scan the forms for WFSC records and submit to OGAPS.
| PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 thesis to OGAPS | paper form | chair | n/a | |
| Dissertation | after committee approves | Vireo | n/a | n/a |