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Information and Forms to Use are you Progress through your Degree Program

MNS Forms for Non-Thesis Option

• Online Electronic Program of Study Information (iPOS)
• Committee Approval Request Form
• Graduate Supervisory Committee Change Form -- use only if you originally filed a paper Program of Study; if you filed an online electronic Program of Study (iPOS), use the online Committee Change option
• Course Changes to the Graduate Program of Study Form -- use only if you originally filed a paper Program of Study; if you filed an online electronic Program of Study (iPOS), use the online Course Change option
• Report of Final Master's Culminating Experience

Steps towards the MNS Degree with Non-Thesis Option

1. You MUST be enrolled EACH Fall and Spring semester that you are in pursuit of your degree. If you fail to enroll for a semester, you will be dropped from the ASU Graduate College, and you will have to go through another complete application process to be re-admitted into the degree program. There will not be any special considerations for your application -- your application for re-admission will be evaluated against the pool of current applications for that year and re-admission is NOT guaranteed.
2. You MUST have an APPROVED Masters Degree Program of Study on file with the Graduate College. (The POS should have a minimum of 30 credit hours. See the "SoLS Graduate Student Handbook" for specific information on and requirements for the various degree programs.) If you wish to have someone on your committee that is not currently approved by the Graduate College to serve on SoLS Dissertation Committees, you will need to submit a Committee Approval Request form to the SoLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs requesting that the person be approved to serve on your committee. Please attach a current CV for this person. This information MUST be submitted along with your iPOS. The iPOS is created and submitted online through http://my.asu.edu. Print out the completed course page and the signature page. Obtain the signatures of each of your committee members, then bring the print outs to the SoLS Grad Program Office for the signature of the SoLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs as Head of the Academic Unit. The completed iPOS and supporting documentation will be submitted by the Grad Programs Office to the Graduation Office.
3. After you file your POS with the Graduate College, if you need to make changes to your Chair, Co-Chair, and/or Committee Members, you must make official changes to your Supervisory Committee using the Graduate Supervisory Committee Change Form This form requires signatures from all of your committee members and the SoLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs.
4. You MUST register for at least one credit hour during the semester in which you plan to defend. If defending during the summer, enrollment in any one summer session (8-week, 1st 5-week, or 2nd 5-week) will fulfill the requirement. If your oral defense is schedule during a break period, you must be enrolled during the preceding semester. If the break period is between the summer and fall semesters, enrollment in any one of the summer sessions listed above will fulfill the requirement.
5. You will need to review your Program of Study against your current ASU transcript at the beginning of your last semester.
6. If you originally filed a paper POS form , submit a hard copy Course Changes to the Graduate Program of Study form to the Graduation Office to remove courses from your POS that you did not take and/or to add courses that you did take that were not on your POS. The form will need to be signed by you, your committee chair, and the SoLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs as Head of Academic Unit. Please make sure the SoLS Grad Office has a copy of your Course Changes form before it is submitted to the Graduate College. If you originally filed an online electronic iPOS, use the online Course Changes option in iPOS to make the necessary changes to your iPOS.
7. Apply for graduation at the Graduation Office in the Student Services Building, first floor, windows 8-10. If you apply after the deadline (see "Graduation Deadlines and Procedures" on the Graduate College web site), you will be assessed a late fee and your name will not appear in the commencement program.
8. Schedule a room for your final written and/or oral exam through the SoLS Grad Programs Office.
9. Make arrangements with the SoLS Facilities if you will need audio/video equipment for your final exam.
10. Complete and sign the top portion of the Report of Final Master's Culminating Experience form and bring it to the SoLS Grad Office so the Office will be aware of when you are holding your exam.
11. Take your Report of Final Master's Written or Oral Examination form with you to your written and/or oral exam. After your final exam, have all your committee members sign the form. If you have a faculty member substituting for a Committee Member who could not attend the exam, please have the substitute sign the COMMITTEE MEMBERS FULL NAME followed by the substitutes INITIALS ONLY.
12. After your exam, return all the furniture to the place you found it in the room, remove all food items, and clean up the room.
13. Bring your Report of Final Master's Culminating Experience form to the SoLS Grad Office to get the signature of the SoLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs as Head of Academic Unit.
14. The Graduate Programs Office will submit your Report of Final Master's Culminating Experience form to the Graduate College so they can post your degree.
15. Turn in your keys to the SoLS Facilities Office, clean out your desk and office space, and give mail forwarding information to the SoLS Grad Programs Office before you leave.