Graduation Deadlines

May 2023 Graduation

January 16, 2023: Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday (university closed)

January 17, 2023: Spring term begins

February 14, 2023: Application for spring 2023 degree due.

February 14, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for first half sessions

March 7, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester

March 7, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)

March 7, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)

March 14, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions

March 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due

March 28, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)

March 31, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of thesis/dissertation. Submit work through ProQuest ETD Administrator

April 12, 2023: Last day to make up a grade of Incomplete from the fall 2022 session

April 17, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for second half sessions

May 5, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master's students) examination report form (PDF)

May 12, 2023: Spring term ends

August 2023 Graduation

There is no August commencement. August graduates are invited to the December commencement.

June 5, 2023: Application for summer 2023 degree due.

June 9, 2023: Last day to defer your graduation date for the current semester

June 9, 2023: Last day for thesis students to submit request for oral defense of thesis (PDF)

June 9, 2023: Last day for doctoral students to submit request for oral defense of dissertation (PDF)

June 19, 2023: Juneteenth (university closed)

June 20, 2023: Summer Term Begins

June 30, 2023: Last day to submit results of oral defense form (PDF)

July 4, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 1st half sessions

July 4, 2023: Independence Day (university closed)

July 7, 2023: Last day to submit post-defense version of your thesis/dissertation. Submit through ProQuest ETD Administrator.

July 15, 2023: Certificate of Graduate Studies completed form due

July 18, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for full sessions

July 31, 2023: Last day to change a course from credit to audit or from audit to credit for 2nd half sessions

August 4, 2023: Last day to submit comprehensive exam results (master’s students) examination report form.

August 13, 2023: Summer term ends

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