PRE-GRADUATION PROCEDURES AND THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES Please carefully read the version of the Graduate Bulletin that governs your academic career (usually the Bulletin for the year that you entered the program) for relevant regulations, guidelines, and deadlines at least one year before your anticipated graduation.
Documents to be Filed in the Office of Graduate Studies (as of 2004-2005):
MASTER'S DEGREE
Plan of Study Form - A form detailing the coursework you must complete to fulfill master's degree requirements. This form must be submitted by the second semester of enrollment in the program.Application for Degree and Audit - This form is a request to obtain the master's degree. On or before the deadline in the semester before you wish to graduate with the master's degree, you must submit a signed, completed application for degree to the graduate degree auditor. The degree auditor will verify your application and notify you and your advisor of any problems. If, for some reason, you will not graduate in the semester for which you applied, you must notify the graduate degree auditor.
The following instructions will help students complete the required form for Degree Application. Instructions from the Office of Graduate Studies page
- Download and complete the Degree Application Cover Sheet [DOC] [PDF]
- Download and complete the Plan of Study
- Login to SOAR and download the GRD11 (Advising Transcript)
Log into SOAR
SA Self Service
Learner Services
Academics
Click on View Degree Progress Report
Print the Degree Progress Report- Complete the document and take it to the department to get the required signatures
- Attach all three documents.
- Pay fees at Business Office, then take the document to Sue Fayard in the Office of Graduate Studies, located in McCain Library, room 205.
It is your responsibility to ensure that all of the necessary paperwork is on file and up-to-date at the Office of Graduate Studies.
GRADUATE DEGREE CLERK The Graduate Studies degree clerk is housed in the Office of Graduate Studies' in McCain Library. As you prepare your degree applications for review, please note the following:
- Master's project credit remains an E grade until the project is complete and the grade reported. A grade of A, B, C, D or F will be awarded.
- Courses carrying the numbers 697/797/897 (Independent Study) do NOT count toward the master's, specialist or doctoral degree.
- Only six hours of transfer work is allowed toward the master's and specialist degrees combined.
- A grade-point average of B or better is required for graduate degrees by the time you complete the course-hour requirements for the degree.
- An I (Incomplete) is allowed to remain on the record for one semester only. After that semester, it becomes an F.
A FINAL REQUEST Please keep your address, e-mail, and telephone number current with the School of Library and Information Science and the Southern Miss Alumni Office after you graduate! The program occasionally finds it necessary to contact its graduates, and it is important that we maintain up-to-date contact information.
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