From tmcgooke@indiana.edu Mon Mar 29 09:04:36 2004 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:44:34 -0500 From: "Mcgookey, Tracey L" To: "Lee, Shyh Yuan" Subject: RE: IU/USPAS master defense requirement Hi, Our regular Master of Science degree does not require a thesis - the Beam Physics degree does, so I assume that's the one you're referring to. The requirements follow the standard guidelines set by the grad school. The publication can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~grdschl/guide.html. Specifically, this is what the manual states for the MS: MASTER'S DEGREE FINAL CHECKLIST 1. Submit an Application for Advanced Degree form (available from your department or the University Graduate School) to the University Graduate School, at least sixty days prior to the desired degree date. 2. Verify that the Office of the Registrar has the correct spelling of your name and your correct diploma-mailing address. The Registrar mails the diploma to your permanent address. Also verify that your name does not appear on the University Checklist as the Registrar will not release your diploma or transcripts until all entries are cleared. 3. If you have prepared a thesis as one of your degree requirements, you should submit to the University Graduate School the following: a. Two bound copies. You may make arrangements for the bindery to send them; however, the University Graduate School must receive the bound copies before the degree can be certified and/or awarded. Direct the bindery to print the thesis title and your name on the front and spine of each. The University Graduate School accepts only regular library binding, which uses the oversewn method. Both copies must be on 20 or 24 pound, 100-percent cotton rag, watermarked bond paper which measures 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. You must also submit at least one additional bound copy of the thesis to your department. b. A signed acceptance page with original signatures should be included in one of the bound copies after the title page. Photocopies of the signed acceptance may be used in additional bound volumes. c. The vita page placed at the end of the thesis. The PhD requires the announcement and the abstract, the MS does not. The MS also does not require the student to be enrolled when they turn in their materials (the PhD does). I submit the Application for Advanced Degree form for our students so I have a copy in their files. Tracey -----Original Message----- From: Lee, Shyh Yuan Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:17 AM To: Mcgookey, Tracey L Cc: Lee, Shyh Yuan Subject: IU/USPAS master defense requirement Tracey, What are required for a Master of Science defense seminar? 1) Do students need to make announcement 1 month before the actual defense date? 2) Do they have to submit the abstract one month before the defense date? We need these info urgently, many thanks ====================================================================== S.Y. Lee, http://physics.indiana.edu/~shylee/ ph: (812)855-7637 or -2899 fax: (812)855-5533 or -6645 SW117, Department of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 ======================================================================