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As of 24 January 2006
DATES AND DEADLINES:
Deadline* to apply for May graduation .......... Friday, February 3, 2006
Deadline* to apply for August graduation .......... Monday, June 5, 2006
* The University will not consider you for graduation until you notify the University that you are ready to be considered. This requires that you file an application for graduation. You will not receive final certification for graduation until you have completed all requirements for your degree program. The application also provides the means for the University to get your name exactly as it is to appear on your diploma. Applications can be downloaded from http://www.unf.edu/registrar/download.html or picked up in the One Stop Student Service Center and are due by 5:00pm on the day of the deadline. A late application must be accompanied by a request for waiver of the deadline, and is unlikely to be accepted unless it is timely.
Deadline to submit a Masters project proposal to the Graduate Committee
for December, 2006 graduation    ............ Monday, April 10, 2006
(For students who are pursuing the Masters Professional Option, guidelines for the graduate project requirement are posted electronically via the CIS Department web page under the section Guidelines for Graduate Projects. The student must obtain the project director's signed approval for the graduate project proposal prior to submitting it to the Graduate Committee.)
Date for presentation of Masters project proposals
for December graduation    ............ Friday, April 14, 2006
Deadline* for presentation of a Masters thesis defense
for May graduation    ............ Friday, April 21, 2006
for August graduation    ............ Friday, July 28, 2006
* Thesis work must be fully reviewed by the student's thesis committee at least one week prior to the thesis defense. The paper in its final form is due at the time of the thesis defense. The paper submitted must be accompanied by a signed Editorial Certification Form for it to be reviewed by the Department staff and the University administrators whose names appear on the thesis signature page. A signed Editorial Certification Form does not assure that the paper will clear subsequent review. It is the responsibility of the student to see that the paper conforms to the CIS Thesis Guidelines and that the document submitted has been thoroughly edited. Writing style must conform to commonly accepted practice for technical papers. If these criteria are not met, the thesis will be returned to the student via the thesis advisor (without signature) for correction, which may delay graduation until a subsequent term, If the paper is returned for correction, the review cycle is started over with a new editorial certification form. Reviewers are not editors, and may choose to return a thesis largely unread if the document as submitted needs editing for any one of grammar, style, or formatting as specified in the CIS Thesis Guidelines.
Date* for presentation of Masters projects
for May graduation    ............ Friday, April 21, 2006
(only for projects with proposals approved as of Fall term, 2005)
* A draft of the project write-up must be e-mailed to the CIS Graduate Director at least 1 week prior to the presentation date (will be made available for review by the CIS Graduate Committee). The project write-up in final form is due the day graduate projects are presented, normally the last day of classes for the term. The paper submitted must be accompanied by a signed Editorial Certification Form for it to be reviewed by the Department staff and the University administrators whose names appear on the signature page. A signed Editorial Certification Form does not assure that the paper will clear subsequent review. It is the responsibility of the student to see that the paper conforms to the CIS Thesis Guidelines and that the document submitted has been thoroughly edited. Writing style must conform to commonly accepted practice for technical papers. If these criteria are not met, the project write-up will be returned to the student via the project director (without signature) for correction, which may delay graduation until a subsequent term, If the paper is returned for correction, the review cycle is started over with a new editorial certification form. Reviewers are not editors, and may choose to return a paper largely unread if the document as submitted needs editing for any one of grammar, style, or formatting as specified in the CIS Thesis Guidelines.
Reminder to students who plan to pursue the Masters Professional Option:
The graduate project process is not normally supported during the Summer term (projects undertaken in the Fall term must have been approved the prior Spring). Any graduate project presentations for August graduation are by exception only and require approval from both the project director and the Graduate Committee in advance of the Summer term. See the Guidelines for Graduate Projects section under the CIS Department web page for more information.

Equipment and Software Resource Support
for Individual Student Projects
Equipment and software resources provided by the Department in support of individual student projects are subject to the following restrictions:
  • the resources to be employed must already be operational when the project is proposed
  • the use of the resources will not disrupt or substantively interfere with scheduled work of other authorized users.
Special support needs are the responsibility of the student. Any staff support provided for an individual project is limited to time-available regardless of the deadlines under which the student may be operating. Student access to equipment, software, and the campus network in support of such projects is subject to Department staff supervision and scheduling, and is limited to the permissions granted.

The time-line for an individual project should have enough flexibility to accommodate delays caused by unanticipated events such as product failures. A proposed project should not rely on anything that has not been installed and tested for the project's hardware and software requirements.

If a project has special needs, the proposer must state how those needs will be met, whether through Department equipment and software or otherwise.