Final quarter & graduation

• Submit your committee paperwork before the quarter you’ll graduate
• Submit your degree request
• Meet with your adviser and committee chair
• Final Quarter Checklist
• After your final exam
• Dates and deadlines

Submit your committee paperwork before the quarter you’ll graduate

Your signed committee formation paperwork must be turned in by the end of the quarter before you intend to graduate. For more information about the forms that are required to set up your committee, refer to the Steps in the Selection of the Supervisory Committee.

Submit your degree request

You must submit your Master’s Degree Request online to the Graduate School by the end of the 9th week of the quarter in which you plan to complete your degree (end of the 8th week in Summer Quarter). Failure to file within this time frame will result in needing to pay a Graduate Registration Waiver Fee. You must pick up your Application for Degree (warrant) in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs, Room T-301 of the Health Sciences Building, prior to your final examination. Your supervisory committee must sign the warrant at the end of your exam.

NOTE: Although you can complete your thesis/project at any time in your course of study, your Master’s Degree Request should not be made, and your warrant and copies of your thesis, if applicable, are not to be turned in until your final quarter in the program. Presenting these materials to the Graduate School indicates to the Graduate School that you have completed your program of study.

Meet with your adviser and committee chair

Inform your adviser, if different from your supervisory committee chair, that you have submitted your request for a degree, and of your anticipated defense date. Verify that you have completed all of the course requirements for your program, as well as the Graduate School’s requirements.

Discuss any unfinished elements of your thesis or project with your committee chair. Ensure that you have met all School of Nursing scholarly project requirements.

Final quarter checklist

Turn in your paperwork to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs

1. Signed Warrant for the Master’s Degree
2. Signed Verification of Degree form
3. Two copies of your abstract: one in hard copy and one electronically sent to your academic adviser (use the Sample Abstract as a guide)
4. For scholarly projects ONLY: Completed and signed Master’s Project Initial Plan and Final Report
5. MS Scholarly Inquiry Scale and the Master’s End of Program Evaluation, both completed online

Paperwork should be returned to Patrick Tufford in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs, room T-301. If you are presenting your project remotely, you only need to provide an electronic copy.

ALL PAPERWORK MUST BE RETURNED BY 5 P.M. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER, OR YOU WILL NOT GRADUATE.

After your final exam

Turn in any assigned keys to the person who assigned them to you. Submit your Health Sciences photo ID and building access cards to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs in T-301. Relinquish your locker by contacting Classroom Services at 206.543.6729 or stopping by T-291A. Empty your student mailbox and remove your name from the box in T-441.

Before your final quarter, review:

• School of Nursing DNP degree requirements, and
• Graduate School requirements for Practice Doctorates

The following steps must be taken in the quarter you complete your degree:

1. Register for at least 2 credits.
2. Submit your request for your final oral exam to the Graduate School online via your MyGrad – Student View page at least two weeks before the exam is scheduled.  You will need the date, time, and room for your exam. This will be provided to you at the start of NMETH 801: Implementation.
3. Be sure your final executive summary and poster drafts are uploaded to the NMETH 801 Course Website by the due date posted on the Assignment page.
4. Bring with you to your oral defense:
   1. Your poster for presentation
   2. 1 hard copy of your Executive Summary
   3. Completed Doctoral Degree Completion form ready for committee signature. Please note whether or not the Final Project agency permits the final report to be placed in the School of Nursing DNP Final Project Library (to be shared as an exemplar with future students)
5. Optional:  Register your project with the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library.

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DNP group advising

The following steps must be taken the quarter you complete your degree:

1. Register for at least two credits.
   • If you are an international student, you may need to be registered for more than two credits. Please contact iss@uw.edu to learn more about registration requirements given your visa requirements.
2. Email phdadv@uw.edu the quarter prior to graduating to share who will be the members of your reading committee. Copy your supervisory committee chair.
3. Submit your request for your final exam to the Graduate School online via your MyGrad – Student View page at least 10 days before the exam is scheduled. You will need the date, time, and room of your exam, as well as the agreement of your committee members. Be sure all members of your committee have at least two weeks to read your final draft before the examination.
4. Return all keys for offices/carrel rooms in the Health Sciences Building to PhD Student Program Adviser. Email phdadv@uw.edu to arrange a time to drop off the keys.
5. Review the Graduate’s School final quarter timeline.
   1. Thoroughly review the Thesis/Dissertation guidelines, with special attention to the formatting guidelines.
   2. Note important Student dates and deadlines for submitting your dissertation on time.

• Meet with your adviser and committee chair
• Turn in your paperwork to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs
• Cue your program director to verify your completion
• Dates and deadlines

Meet with your adviser and committee chair

Inform your adviser, if different from your supervisory committee chair, that you have submitted your request for a degree, and of your anticipated defense date. Verify that you have completed all of the course requirements for your program, as well as the Graduate School’s requirements.

Discuss any unfinished elements of your thesis or project with your committee chair. Ensure that you have met all School of Nursing thesis or scholarly project requirements.

Turn in your paperwork to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs

Final quarter checklist:

1. Signed Verification of Graduate Certificate Completion form
2. Health Sciences photo identification badge and Access card
3. Turn in any assigned keys to the person who assigned them to you
4. Relinquish your locker by contacting HS Building Management at 206.543.6729 or stopping by T291A
5. Empty your student mailbox and remove your name from the box in T-441

ALL PAPERWORK MUST BE RETURNED BY 5 P.M. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER, OR YOU WILL NOT GRADUATE.

Cue your program director to verify your completion

The director of your graduate certificate program must send an e-mail to Patrick Tufford (ptufford@uw.edu) in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs with the following content:

Subject: Graduate certificate completion: [student last name]

1. name of student
2. student number
3. code of your GCPAPN pathway (see below)
4. “As of XX Quarter, 20XX, this student has met all requirements for the [NAME OF PATHWAY] (see below) Graduate Certificate Program in Advanced Practice Nursing. Please send this information to the Graduate School for transcripting.”

If your program director does not send Patrick this email, he cannot inform the Graduate School, and the graduate certificate will NOT be included on your transcript.