Before selecting a university to attend in USA, you need to know the Masters degree timeline.
When you make a degree plan flowchart for all the schools, you can compare the degree plan visually.
Following flowchart from Texas Tech University gives an overview about Masters degree Milestone and Timeline.
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Masters Degree Milestone in Words
Sequential Process:
- ? Be accepted into MS Program (IE or SYEM)
- ? Begin graduate course work (non resident alien must go to the Office of International Affairs
- before the term begins to get important information about registration, University ID
- account, etc.)
- ? Select Thesis Topic and minor area (if applicable) for thesis major; non thesis major do not
- need to complete this task.
- ? Select Thesis Chair
- ? Select course work for each semester (this must be approved by the Graduate Advisor)
- ? If non resident alien, must request the release of hold from Office of International Affairs
- ? Submit preliminary plan of study to Graduate School (must have the graduate advisor
- signature + minor area advisor signature, if required)
- ? Select Committee Members and get sign off by selected Committee Members on plan of
- study (Thesis option only)
- ? Complete core course requirements
- ? Schedule MS Exam (start and end dates) with the Graduate Advisor (Non Thesis option only)
- ? Successfully defend
- MS Exam (Non thesis option)
- Proposal defense (Thesis option)
- ? Work on Thesis (Thesis option)
- ? Schedule Final Defense of MS thesis with Committee Chair and Members
- ? Submit intent to graduation to Graduate School on the final semester (term)
- ? Hand in final draft of Thesis to Committee Members 2 weeks prior to Final Defense
- ? Successfully defend Final MS Thesis
- Get Committee members signatures
- Generate proper documents for Graduate School
- ? Complete changes required by Committee to get the final document for MS Thesis
- ? Obtain Committee Chair sign off on final corrections to Thesis (Thesis option only)
- ? Turn in final MS Thesis document to Graduate School
- ? Commencement Exercise (graduation)
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