Check your Graduate Student Status page in AccessPlus.
Submit your Program of Study/Committee form or submit modifications through AccessPlus. (NOTE: This can be
submitted as early as the 2nd semester.)
Check your Program Audit through AccessPlus; make sure the list of courses is accurate and work to remove any incompletes.
Submit an Application for Graduation by the deadlines of the semester you plan to graduate. If you have a
change of mind, withdraw by the cancellation date. Summer graduates attending Spring/Fall ceremony need to follow special deadlines.
Planning Your Thesis/Dissertation Journey
Attend a Thesis/Dissertation Seminar presented by the Graduate College soon after you have formed your Program of Study and Committee.
Submit copies of the manuscript to your Major Professor and Committee.
Post-Final Oral Exam
Complete required edits as requested by your Major Professor and Committee.
Review your thesis/dissertation formatting again since formatting may change after any edits are made.
Submit the edited manuscript to your Major Professor and Committee for approval.
Open your thesis/dissertation account with ProQuest and input the title of your thesis/dissertation;
this information will appear in the Commencement Program. Use the same format as your title page.
Creative component students – Review the instructions here.
Get your Major Professor and DOGE signatures for Graduate Student Approval Form and submit the
completed form to the Graduate College. (NOTE: The Graduate College cannot review your uploaded
thesis/dissertation without this completed form.)
Finishing Up for Graduation
Monitor email from Graduate College staff about required edits or acceptance of thesis/dissertation.
Complete required edits as requested by the Graduate College staff if applicable and resubmit; this process
can be repeated if required edits are not completed.
Once accepted, the Graduate College staff will lock the ProQuest submission. No further changes can be made
after this.
Get ready to graduate! Receiving an acceptance e-mail is typically the last communication before you graduate!