Graduate College Deadlines, Fall 2009
Note: The student is responsible for taking care of all details for graduation prescribed by his/her department and for meeting requirements and deadlines described in the Master's and Doctoral Degree Candidate Information pages. Graduate College deadlines are outlined below:
| Date | Location | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 4, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Registration - Grading Option |
Last day to add or change Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading option |
| Friday, September 4, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Registration |
Original or additional registration after this date permitted only in courses involving special projects, readings, individual study, research, or "minimum registration" |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Graduation Application |
Application for December degrees due at Registrar's Office |
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | Graduate College | Master's Plan of Study |
Plans of Study for December Master's recipients due. |
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Final Exam Requests |
Final Exam Requests for all December graduates due. |
| Thursday, November 5, 2009 | Graduate College | Thesis First Deposit |
First deposit of finished, complete thesis due. |
| Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Drop Courses |
Last day for graduate students to drop courses without penalty of "F" grade. |
| Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | Registrar's Service Center | Withdrawal of Registration |
Last day to withdraw without dean's permission. |
| Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | Graduate College | Final Exam Report |
Final Exam Reports due from departments on degree examinations for December graduates. |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | Graduate College | Thesis Final Deposit |
Final thesis deposit due. |
| Friday, December 18, 2009 | Carver Hawkeye Arena | Commencement Ceremony | |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | Registrar's Office | Grade Report - I, O |
Last day to clear "incomplete" and "no report" grades. |



