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As of 15 September 2008

DATES AND DEADLINES:
Deadline* to apply for December graduation ........ Friday, Septermber 12, 2008
Deadline* to apply for May graduation (tentative) .... Friday, January 23, 2009
* The early deadline is required for assembling graduation certification files and for getting commercial printing specifications ready in time for graduation. A later application, when accompanied by a request for waiver of this deadline, is normally accepted if it is timely (submitted prior to the point that Programs review applications for graduation). In this case the student must acknowledge that his or her name may not appear on graduation listings and the printed diploma may not arrive at the same time as for other students.
Deadline to submit a Masters project proposal to the Graduate Committee
for May graduation    ......... Monday, November 17, 2008
(For students who are pursuing the Masters Professional Option, guidelines for the graduate project requirement are posted physically within the School of Computing and electronically via the School of Computing web page under the section Guidelines for Graduate Project Proposals. 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 May graduation    ......... Friday, November 21, 2008
Deadline* for presentation of a thesis defense
for December graduation    ......... Friday, October 31, 2008
for May graduation    ......... Friday, March 27, 2009
* As per policy adopted by the UNF Graduate School.
The FINAL copy of the thesis write-up is due on this date.
Date for presentation of Masters projects
for December graduation    ......... Friday, December 5, 2008
The FINAL copy of the project write-up is due on this date.
(only for projects with proposals approved as of Spring term, 2008)
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 Project Proposals section under the School of Computing web page for more information. Note: New graduate students may not opt for the project (professional option).

Equipment and Software Resource Support
for Individual Student Projects
Equipment and software resources provided by the School of Computing 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 School of Computing 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 School of Computing equipment and software or otherwise.

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