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Graduation Instructions:
- File your Master's Plan of Study (POS) Form. This should
be completed after your first 18 hours of course work. The completed
form MUST include a minimum of 36 credit hours. Students MUST provide
an original signature on their form. If you change your graduation date, you must submit a new POS.
The POS may not be FAXed to the SIRLS office.
- File your Master's Completion of Degree Requirements (CDR) Form.
- (If you began the program before 2006) File your Course Justification. This is a paper you write. It should be standard report format, double spaced,
paragraph form, one inch margins all the way around.
Please put your name on each page.
(If you began the program in 2006 or later) Complete your ePortfolio and final reflection.
- Final Checklist and Filing Instructions.
- Complete coursework, and pay fees.
Need help? Email
Polly Lindeman Mitchell, plmitch@email.arizona.edu, if
you have any questions or problems.
Submitting the Plan of Study
SIRLS students develop a Plan of Study, have it approved by their advisor, and submit it to SIRLS for final approval. The POS should be submitted about the time a student completes 18 credits. Provisional Graduate Status must be converted to Regular Graduate Status before the Plan of Study is approved.
The Plan of Study identifies (1) courses the student intends to transfer from other institutions (approved by student's SIRLS advisor); (2) UA courses already completed which the student intends to apply toward the graduate degree; and (3) additional course work to be completed to fulfill degree requirements. The Plan of Study must have the approval of the department. You should only list twelve (12) courses on your POS.
Your bursar account will be billed candidacy fees of $35.00 (as of 2007) at the time you submit your Masters/Specialist Plan of Study to the Graduate Degree Certification Office. This is a one-time fee, and you will not be billed again if you change your anticipated graduation date.
Submitting the Completion of Degree Requirements
 Graduate
College Degree Certification Forms
Choose "Master's / Specialist Completion of Degree
Requirements"
The Master's/Specialist Completion of Degree Requirements is to be filled out as an update to the classes listed on the Plan of Study. If classes have been taken that were not on the Plan of Study, or not taken that were on the Plan of Study, or were taken at different times than indicated on the Plan of Study, they should be listed in the appropriate Add or Delete areas of the Completion of Degree Requirements form. Classes listed on an approved Plan of Study that were taken as planned do not need to be listed on the Completion of Degree Requirements form.
The Master's/Specialist Completion of Degree Requirements is submitted
during the last semester of study. Please submit one copy to the SIRLS
office.
Students MUST be registered for graduate course work at the University of Arizona
when submitting the Completion form. During the fall and spring semester,
a student must be enrolled in a minimum of three (3) graduate credit hours, during
any of the summer sessions a student must be enrolled in a minimum of
one (1) graduate credit hour.
Please Note:
If a student submits the Completion of Degree Requirements during a
semester he/she does NOT meet the above requirement, the student
will have to petition to retroactively register for coursework to meet
this requirement. This action will incur heavy late penalties and
fines from the Registrar's Office. The School cannot be responsible
for waiving these fines.
Deadlines for Completion of Degree Requirements
Spring graduation: February 1
Summer graduation: May 1
Fall graduation: November 1
Course Justification
For those beginning the program before 2006, the Course Justification should be submitted to your faculty advisor
in the beginning of your last semester. The justification follows standard
report format and is double-spaced text. The introduction outlines academic/career
goals, the exposition outlines the justification or rationale for selection
of courses, and the summary provides an overview of the integration
of courses and academic/career goals. It should be between 3-5 pages
in length. This should be turned in simultaneously with your Completion
of Degree Requirements.
Deadlines for Course Justifications
Spring: February 1
Summer: May 1
Fall: November 1
Filing Instructions
Submit the above packet (the Completion of Degree Requirements Form
with your Course Justification) to the SIRLS office. Off-campus students
should mail their packets to:
School of Information Resources & Library Science
1515 E. First St., Rm. 3
Tucson, AZ 85719
Please email your adviser with a list of the twelve courses which you are presenting for your degree. When you receive an approval email from your adviser forward it to Polly Lindeman Mitchell at SIRLS.
Keep a copy of this packet for yourself.
Final Checklist
(for those beginning the program before 2006)
You must submit the following prior to the posted deadlines:
- Your Plan of Study (POS) with your original signature
(one two page document).
- Master's/Specialist Completion of Degree Requirements form
- The Course justification
Final Checklist
(for those beginning the program in 2006 or after)
You must submit the following forms to SIRLS prior to the posted deadlines:
- Your Plan of Study (POS) with your original signature
(one two page document).
- Master's/Specialist Completion of Degree Requirements form
- Final ePortfolio
Upon completion of your degree:
- Double-check that all deadlines have
been met
- Complete final course work
- Complete any remaining paperwork required by Degree Certification
- Pay graduation fees
Thesis-option candidates who want their thesis published must submit
two final copies of thesis by these posted deadlines.
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