Below is a brief checklist of items an MS (project option) student should complete before graduation:
Degree Requirements Checklist
- at least 8 courses (24 hours) at or above the 5000 level excluding supervised teaching, supervised research, seminars, DIS, CIS 5970
- of the 8 courses, there must be at least one course from each of the core areas: Software, Systems, Theory
- at least 6 hours of CIS 5915, Software Project, where at most 6 hours count toward the required 30 hours for the degree
- register, at most once, for CIS 8974, MS Project Defense (withdraw from all but one instance of this if you have registered more than once)
- register for graduation at the Registrar’s Office during the first two weeks of the semester in which you wish to graduate
Defense & Graduation Checklist
- submit the project to your committee at least 10 days in advance
- schedule defense (at least 2 weeks in advance):
- reserve room (typically 151 Love) with the Kenyetta Neale
- reserve PC cart (if needed) by signing up on calendar on the door in the copy room in 260 Love
- inform Eleanor McNealy of title, room, and time of defense so she can send out the notification.
- obtain the CS Defense Result Form (“green form”) from 203 Love and bring this form to your defense to record the outcome of the defense
- upon successful defense, have the CS Defense Result Form signed by your committee and return it to the Graduate Coordinator, Daniel Clawson in 203D Love
- submit an electronic version (pdf) of the project to the CS webmaster (webmaster [at cs dot fsu dot edu]) and the Graduate Coordinator (clawson [at cs dot fsu dot edu])
- complete the departmental EXIT survey which will be sent electronically towards the ent of the semester
- if your employment plans are uncertain when completing the EXIT survey, inform the CS Director of Graduate Studies via email when those plans are complete