Graduation Forms for Master's Candidates
During t he semester you plan to graduate, there are a series of forms you must submit. EACH FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE REQUIRED DEADLINE. Missing any one of the three deadlines will postpone your graduation until the following semester. Check the Graduation Deadlines for specific dates.
Signature(s) Needed |
Submit Forms to |
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Intent to Graduate (online process) Please see important note below |
None -- the process is authenticated by your CU ID and system password |
Online Process submits to the registrar's office directly |
Application for Admission |
graduate advisor, department chair or program director, and your own |
CLAS Dean's Office |
Thesis and Project Registration Form (Special Processing Form PDF) |
Your thesis committee chair and CLAS Dean |
CLAS Dean's Office |
Thesis Submission Sheet (Attach to unbound copy for format review BEFORE defense) |
None
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Graduate School Office |
Request for Examination |
None Required -- but you are responsibile for arranging a time when your committee members can all be present |
CLAS Dean's Office |
Ancillary Forms |
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Time Extension Form (when you cannot complete your degree in the required number of years) |
Dept chair or program director, CLAS Dean
Ph.D. students: approval from the Graduate School dean is also required |
CLAS Dean's Office
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Your advisor and dept chair or program director |
CLAS Dean's Office |
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FILLING OUT THE ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY FORM
This four-page form is used to list all the credits (courses, thesis/project, independent study/internship, and transfer) you wish to apply toward your degree plan, which is then signed by your graduate advisor, department chair/program director, and yourself. Please fill out as completely as possible, including: instructor's name, course title/number, semester taken and grade received for every credit. All UC Denver students are expected to have completed a minimum of 30 credit hours, including thesis/project/report, toward graduation to earn a master's degree; some programs require more hours.
There is a 9-credit limit on non-degree or other transfer credits on your degree plan. To transfer course credit from a non-CU institution, a Request for Transfer of Credit is completed and sent to the CLAS Dean's Office for approval and forwarding to the Records Office. This form must also be accompanied by an official transcript from the transferring institution. (NOTE: Courses taken at UC Denver or other CU campuses do not require the transfer form and official transcript to be transferred to your program, since they already appear on the CU transcript.)
If you have taken longer than seven (7) years to complete your degree, your graduate advisor must write a memo addressed to the CLAS Graduate Associate Dean indicating why your degree progress was interrupted and asking for an extension of this time limit for a stated amount of time (usually one year).
Students who want to include a course taken more than ten (10) years prior to their graduating semester must have the course validated by the instructor or by arrangement with their graduate advisor. Use the Course Validation Form (PDF) and forward to the CLAS Dean's Office.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you were previously admitted to one department/program, then transferred to another department/ program, please check with your department or Admissions to make sure you are currently listed as a student in the correct degree program.
Also, if you have signed up for thesis/project/report hours in previous semesters, be sure to have your major advisor change all IP grades to a final letter grade when you have completed the work and are approved for the degree. Deadlines apply, so check the academic calendar.
FILLING OUT THE REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FORM
You fill out the Request for Examination form, in consultation with your committee chair (graduate advisor) to set the date of the exam. List all members of your committee and indicate the committee chair. Plan to schedule the exam prior to the posted deadline so that any revisions required by the committee can be completed by the end of the semester. It's advisable to have your advisor/committee chair initial the date of exam, since no signature line is included.
The graduate advisor will give the student permission to proceed with scheduling the comprehensive exam/defense. It is then the student's responsibility to schedule the exam and make sure that all committee members agree to the date, time and place it will be held.
IMPORTANT! When completing the online "Intent to Graduate" form, double-check the degree information pulled from student records.
Following is a list of all degrees with major codes. Option codes are also available for some programs, and are listed next to major codes below. If your degree and option do not appear correctly on the record pulled up in the Intent to Graduate, contact Jill Hutchison at 303-556-2646 or jill.hutchison@cudenver.edu.
Also, make sure your name is entered as you'd like it to appear on your diploma, and that your phone, e-mail and mailing address are correct.
Department |
Degree |
Major Code |
Option Codes |
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Anthropology |
M.A. |
ANTH |
MDA (Medical), |
Applied Math |
M.S. |
AMEN |
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Biology |
M.S. |
BIOL |
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Chemistry |
M.S. |
CHEM |
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Communication |
M.A. |
COMM |
ACA (Academic), |
Economics |
M.A. |
ECON |
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Environmental Sciences |
M.S. |
EVSC |
EAQ (Air Quality), |
English |
M.A. |
ENGL |
APL (Applied Linguistics), |
History |
M.A. |
HIST |
ASI (Asia/Islamic), |
Humanities |
M.H. |
HUMN |
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Integrated Science |
M.I.S. |
ISCI |
APS (Applied Science), |
Political Science |
M.A. |
PSCI |
POL (New Directions, Public Policy) |
Psychology |
M.A. |
PSYC |
CLN (Clinical) |
Social Sciences |
M.S.S. |
SOCS |
CHS (Community Health Science), |
Sociology |
M.A. |
SOCI |
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Spanish |
M.A. |
SPAN |
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Technical Communication |
M.S. |
TECH |
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