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Progress: Year 3

Fall

  • If you are a master’s student and will be graduating in the fall:
  • File the graduation application to UC Merced by mid-September, file thesis with committee by early December, file thesis and/or Final Report for Master degree by mid-December to Grad Division, and file your thesis to the ProQuest Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ETD) Administration by mid-December.
    • Exam 1
      • Should decide which exam you are taking depending on what is being offered.
      • Gather reading list and exam questions.
      • Meet with exam committee members.
      • Submit Application for Qualifying Exam form to Graduate Division as well as Sociology Graduate Chair one month prior to taking your first exam — the form is for both exams you will be taking (fall and spring).
      • Take exam by the end of the semester.

Spring

  • Exam 2
    • Should decide which exam you are taking depending on what is being offered.
    • Gather reading list and exam questions.
    • Meet with exam committee members.
    • Take exam by the end of the semester.
    • Have all committee members from both exam committees fill out the Qualifying Examination Report form and submit to Graduate Division as well as the Sociology Graduate Chair after second exam.