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| 1. Your practicum/project/thesis proposal presentation must be accepted before starting the last 3 hours of CPTR 597, CPTR 598, or CPTR 599. Students who have completed 3 hours of practicum/project/thesis but have not had their proposal presentation accepted are expected to take 1 hour of CPTR 597, 598 or CPTR 599 each semester until the do. | 1. The practicum/project/thesis proposal presentation must be accepted before starting the last 3 hours of CPTR 597, CPTR 598, or CPTR 599. Students who have completed 3 hours of practicum/project/thesis but have not had their proposal presentation accepted are expected to take 1 hour of CPTR 597, 598 or CPTR 599 each semester until they do. | 
The Five or Six Major Steps to Obtaining a Masters Degree from the School of Computing
This is the tldr; version of this page.
- Find an advisor plus 2 committee members.  - Advisor must be terminally degree'd
- Committee must be Majority from school of Computing
- Complete this prior to registering for CPTR 598/599 hours
 
- Fill out the Application for Candidacy form here - Of course it must be signed by your advisor.
 
- Complete 18 hours of graduate classes that apply to your graduate degree before you sign up for CPTR 597, 598, 599 (Practicum, Project or Thesis)
- The practicum/project/thesis proposal presentation must be accepted before starting the last 3 hours of CPTR 597, CPTR 598, or CPTR 599. Students who have completed 3 hours of practicum/project/thesis but have not had their proposal presentation accepted are expected to take 1 hour of CPTR 597, 598 or CPTR 599 each semester until they do.
- Prepare a project/thesis proposal (template) - Scheduled 7 days prior to scheduled oral proposal examination
- Final paper to committee 7 days prior to scheduled oral proposal examination. 
- Successfully complete oral proposal examination prior to starting the 4th credit hour of CPTR 598/599. 
- Oral presentation is 15-20 minutes.
 
- Successfully prepare and defend your project/thesis report - Complete the Application for Defense form and handout your paper to the committee 10 days prior to the scheduled defense (which means you need to schedule the defense first). 
- Include a Signature Page (see template on MastersStudents) and get it signed by your committee members. 
 
- Prepend the signature page to your pdf paper and upload it to the library site 
- If you have a thesis, you are expected to publish a paper from that research in an approved, peer-reviewed conference proceedings or journal.
5 Year Master's Students Additional Issue
When you take your graduate class AND you are still an undergraduate, you must fill out a form to take graduate classes as an undergraduate or the school will re-classify you as a non-degree seeking graduate student. This will affect your FINANCIAL AID!!! SO DON'T IGNORE THIS!
You must fill out this form: Request to take Graduate Classes
