Completion of Culminating Activity
In addition to the course work requirements, graduate students must also complete the culminating activity required for their program before they can be cleared for the master's degree. The applicable deadline for completion of your Thesis/Project or Oral/Comprehensive Exam can be found at Filing Deadlines Due to the significant number of students graduating, only one final edit of each thesis/project will be done.
Notify the Graduate School when you have scheduled your thesis defense, project presentation, or other culminating activity, and request the preparation of the Final Progress Sheet. The Final Progress Sheet is normally sent to your graduate advisory committee chair or graduate coordinator, but may also be requested for pick up at the Graduate School. This form, when signed by your Graduate Advisory Committee, serves as notification of your completion of the culminating activity component of your program.
Your thesis defense, project presentation or other culminating activity option should be scheduled far enough in advance of the published deadline to allow adequate time to make any revisions or corrections required and complete any necessary follow-up by that date.
Students completing a master's thesis or project must submit their final defended and approved document in university format to the Graduate School by the deadline, along with their signed Final Progress Sheet and Thesis/Project Verification Sheet.
For other culminating activity options, the signed Final Progress Sheet must be submitted to the Graduate School by the deadline to confirm completion of the requirement.
You are invited to contact the Graduate School if you have any questions about the Culminating Activity process.
The Graduate School
Student Services Center - 440
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0875
530 898-6880