Notes about Graduation Requirements
B. Wilkinson
 Modification date Dec 17, 2010

Internal paperwork:

Admitted Fall 2007 onwards:    Student must fill in Degree Requirements Check Sheet signed by adviser to ensure all requirements met.
Admitted before Fall 2007:       Two forms need filling in, Core/Breadth and Concentration.

Forms, see http://www.coit.uncc.edu/cs/site/ms/msforms.cfm

Graduation:

There are TWO forms that you must get completed and signed:

1. Application for Graduate degree/certificate and
2. Application for candidacy

The graduate school needs both forms by the published deadline for you to graduate. It is a separate issue whether you want to attend the commencement.

1. Application for Graduate degree/certificate form

This  is now submitted on-line, see http://graduateschool.uncc.edu/graduation/information.html

2. Application for candidacy form

This is a paper form. It is used to list the courses you are using to satisfy the program requirements and requires departmental approval.  The graduate school will check that you have indeed passed the specific courses. You must list on the candidacy only the courses you will use for your program of study (30 hours). Do not list any other course (including internships). You must use the exact course numbers of the courses you took. For example, if you took a 8xxx course as a PhD student, and are using it as the equivalent 6xxx course, you list the 8xxx course.  Similarly, if you have taken a cross-listed course as ITIS xxxx, you list the ITIS xxxx course.   You must have a GPA of 3.0 on the courses you list to graduate. (Your transcripts will show the GPA based upon all the courses you have taken. See http://coitweb.uncc.edu/~abw/MSprogram/program_policies.html#GPA for more information on how the GPA is computed)

The form needs the signature of  the Computer Science MS program director.  Submit the form to Dora Bradley (Woodward 421A) for approval at least 72 hours before the published deadline, together with completed degree requirements check sheet that indicates your core, breadth, concentration, and elective courses. After you obtain the program director's signature, you are to take the form to the graduate school yourself.

Students must be registered in the semester that they graduate. If for some valid reason, they completed their coursework and did not graduate, they can register for 1 hour ITCS 7999, but students with visa issues must also contact the International Office.