Graduate School Deadlines
Spring Semester 2022
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| January 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday | ||
| January 18 | First day of classes. | ||
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Online In-person TBA |
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| February 1 | Last day for students to file for May 2022 Commencement | ||
| March 5-13 |
Spring Break |
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| March 7 | Deadline for purchasing doctoral regalia for May 2022 Commencement. | ||
| March 18 | Last day to take the oral examination (oral defense) for doctoral candidates for May 2022 Commencement. (All incompletes for coursework other than dissertation hours must be cleared before the oral examination can be taken.) **The Preliminary Technical Review is required and must be scheduled at least 2 weeks before the oral examination. Resources that include the Guidelines for Preparing the Dissertation and Thesis and the Formatting Model are found at: https://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=959239. | ||
| March 18 | Last day to satisfy the graduate foreign language requirement and report the results to the Graduate School. Contact Lilly_Fuertes@baylor.edu for details. | ||
| March 22 |
Last day for submission of the Record of Oral Examination form to Graduate School for doctoral candidates for May 2022 Commencement |
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| March 25 | Last day to take the oral examination (oral defense) for master’s candidates for May 2022 Commencement. (All incompletes for coursework other than thesis hours must be cleared before the oral examination can be taken.)**The Preliminary Technical Review is required and must be scheduled at least 2 weeks before the oral examination. Resources that include the Guidelines for Preparing the Dissertation and Thesis and the Formatting Model are found at: https://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=959239 | ||
| March 28 | Last day for electronic submission of the departmentally defended and approved copy of the doctoral dissertation to the Graduate School for May 2022 Commencement. | ||
| April 5 | Diadeloso | ||
| April 5 | Last day for electronic submission of the departmentally defended and approved copy of the master’s thesis to the Graduate School for May 2022 Commencement. | ||
| April 5 | Last day for submission of the Record of Oral Examination form to Graduate School for master’s candidates for May 2022 Commencement. | ||
| April 7 | Deadline for renting doctoral regalia for May 2022 Commencement. (Rental site should be live by Feb. 1st, 2022) | ||
| April 15-18 | Easter Holiday | ||
| May 5 | Change of Grade form to remove incompletes and petitions for transfer of credit for all students and all coursework must be received by the Graduate School by this date. | ||
| May 5 | Last day of classes. Last day for non-thesis candidates to take the oral or comprehensive examination for May 2022 Commencement. The Record of Oral Exam form, or results from comprehensive exams, must be received in the Graduate School by this date (do not put in campus mail). Access Results of Orals and Comprehensive Exam forms at: https://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=958619 | ||
| May 6 | Study day | ||
| May 7, 9-12 | Final Examinations (including Saturday, May 7). | ||
| May 12 | Administrative check on graduate candidates for graduation, including overall GPA requirements, foreign language proficiency requirements, and any outstanding obligations. | ||
| May 13 | Grades due at 12:00 noon for graduating students (Graduate level and Seminary only) | ||
| May 13-14 | Commencement Ceremonies. Commencement information is available online at: www.baylor.edu/commencement | ||
| May 16 | Grades due at 12:00 noon for all other students |
Summer Semester 2022
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| June 3 | First day of classes, first summer term. | ||
| June 6 |
Last day to satisfy graduate foreign language requirement for August 2022 Commencement. Contact Lilly_Fuertes@baylor.edu for details. |
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Virtual/Online |
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| June 1 | Deadline for purchasing doctoral regalia for August 2022 Commencement. | ||
| June 1 |
Last day for graduate students to file for August 2022. Access from the Graduate School webpage Graduation Requirements. |
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| July 4 | Independence Day Holiday | ||
| July 7** |
Last day to take the oral examination (oral defense) for dissertation/thesis candidates for August 2022 Commencement. (All incompletes for coursework other than dissertation/thesis hours must be cleared before the oral examination can be taken.) **The Preliminary Technical Review is required and must be scheduled at least 2 weeks before the oral examination. See Guidelines. |
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| July 8 | Final examinations, first summer term. | ||
| July 11 | First day of classes, second summer term. | ||
| July 11 | Last day for electronic submission of the departmentally defended and approved copy of the dissertation/thesis to the Graduate School for August 2022 Commencement. | ||
| July 12 | Last day for submission of the Record of Oral Examination form to Graduate School for dissertation/thesis students. | ||
| July 15 | Change of Grade form to remove incompletes and petitions for transfer of credit for all students and all coursework must be received by the Graduate School by this date. | ||
| July 18 | Deadline for renting doctoral regalia for August 2022 Commencement. | ||
| August 9 |
Last day for students in non-thesis programs to take the oral or comprehensive examination for August 2022 Commencement. The Record of Oral Examination form, or results from comprehensive exams, must be delivered electronically (by 5:00 p.m.) to the Graduate School by this date (do not send in campus mail). |
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| August 12 | Final examinations, second summer term. | ||
| August 12 | Grades due for all students 5:00 p.m. | ||
| August 11-12 | Administrative check on graduate student candidates for graduation, including overall GPA requirements, foreign language proficiency requirements, and any outstanding obligations. | ||
| August 13 | Commencement. Information is available online at www.baylor.edu/commencement. |