Completing Your Degree

This page provides information that every graduate student should know in order to progress smoothly to graduation.

» Graduate Advising

describes how graduate student advising is organized in the College of Engineering, and the process you should follow to obtain a personal academic advisor.

» Thesis or Project

presents the administrative requirements and practical aspects of completing a thesis or culminating design project.

» Other Curriculum Details

describes other typical curriculum requirements to keep in mind, including the fact that you must satisfy a Graduate Writing Requirement.

» Comprehensive Exam

tells how to arrange to take the comprehensive exam in lieu of thesis, if your program permits this substitution and you choose to follow that option.

» Checklist of Administrative Requirements

provides a summary of administrative forms required by graduate students and some instructions for filing them..

 

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Dat Quoc
Le
Aerospace Engineering
2006
“My parents fled Vietnam; no one in the family has a college degree, but I want to be successful and make my family proud.

I really enjoyed college and the challenge of aerospace engineering. I got to work on the program for the Flight Simulator, which was pretty cool, especially since my dream job is auto aerodynamics.