Master in Public Health(MPH)

DURING FINAL SEMESTER ___7. Apply for diploma (Online application at www.testudo.umd.edu). There is a specific deadline EARLY in the semester. Consult DEADLINES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS at www.gradschool.umd.edu, look under General Information. ___8. Submit to the Graduate School the APPROVED PROGRAM FOR THE MASTER OF [Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health]. Again, there is a specific deadline early in the semester! ___9. Three working days before final oral defense of project (5 working days for thesis); submit manuscript for review to Examining Committee and Graduate Studies Director. ___10. Schedule and post notice of project/thesis oral defense, 3 or 5 working days in advance, depending on option chosen (project or thesis). Email announcement to Graduate Studies Director for distribution to all graduate students and faculty. ___11. Defend the project or thesis and make changes if required. If the project option is chosen, please email an electronic copy of your project to the Graduate Studies Director. If the thesis option is chosen, submit thesis electronically to the Registrar’s Office. ___12. After the student has filled out and collected the required signatures, the student shall submit to the Graduate School either the CERTIFICATION OF MASTER'S DEGREE WITHOUT THESIS (for MPH project – available at www.gradschool.umd.edu) or the REPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE and the ELECTRONIC THESIS AND DISSERTATION PUBLICATION FORM (for Thesis – the publication form is available at www.gradschool.umd.edu) authorizing final clearance to graduate. If the student has completed the project, he/she must also submit the MPH PROJECT EVALUATION FORM to the Director of Graduate Studies after all requested revisions have been made. ____13. Students are responsible for ensuring that their thesis/project committee chair has submitted the following forms to the Director of Graduate Studies. The forms are 11 available at www.sph/umd.edu > GRADUATE > Important Forms and are due the SAME DAY as the CERTIFICATION OF MASTER'S DEGREE WITHOUT THESIS (for MPH project – available at www.gradschool.umd.edu) or the REPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE and the ELECTRONIC THESIS AND DISSERTATION PUBLICATION FORM.