Master of Liberal
Studies
Program Checklist
Following Admission to a Degree Program
___ IMPORTANT! Check
your
Scatcat e-mail account regularly for important information regarding
deadlines,
approved Program of Study (see the
next item), and other
announcements.
__
Consult with your faculty advisor
about your Program of Study. Your
Program of Study consists of the courses that you will take to meet the
31-hour
requirement, the requirement to
complete a culminating experience, and the
research component requirement. IDS 804,
one of the four core courses,
automatically meets the research
component
requirement. Your Program of Study also
lists your MLS committee, the topic of the next item on this list.
__ After the first or second
semester of classes, work with your faculty advisor to put together
your MLS
committee. Your MLS committee should
consist
of at least three faculty members.
The chair of that committee must be a member of FHSU's Graduate
Faculty. Your MLS committee will
evaluate
your culminating experience and
may read part or all of your
comprehensive exams. Your MLS committee
is listed on your Program of Study. A
copy
of your Program of Study, signed
by your advisor and the MLS Director, must be submitted to the
Graduate School.
___ Preregister and/or enroll in
classes on your Program of Study, after consulting with your faculty
advisor,
according to dates listed in the class schedules.
You can pre-register through your
faculty
advisor earlier in the year than you can request courses online.
Ideally, you
should complete the ten-hour core
(IDS 801, IDS 802, IDS 803, and
IDS 804)
before taking courses in your concentration, and certainly before
completing 19
hours in your MLS Program
of Study.
Deviations from this recommendation should be discussed with
your
advisor.
Admission to Degree Candidacy
___ After completion of at
least nine hours of graduate work,
complete an Application for Admission to Candidacy form with the
assistance of
your advisor.
This form should be sent
to the Graduate School.
___ For Admission to Candidacy, you
must have achieved at least a 3.00 grade point average in all
coursework on the graduate degree program. For
example,
if you have a C in one class, you
must have an A in another class.
___ Complete all departmental
conditions of admission, including
any deficiency work.
___ Complete the 10 hour core.
___ Complete your 18 hour
emphasis.
___ Your culminating experience
has been identified and approved
by your faculty advisor. Work closely with your faculty advisor while
completing your
culminating experience.
Your culminating experience will be evaluated by and defended
before
your MLS committee. An in-person defense
is not
necessary; that defense may be
done virtually.
___ If your culminating
experience is a thesis, obtain the
thesis packet from the
defend your thesis after it has
been accepted by your MLS
committee.
Getting Ready for
Graduation
___Sign up for comprehensive
exams in the
preparing for your comprehensive
examinations long before you take them,
so it would be a good idea to consult with your faculty advisor well in
advance
of the date you will take your
comprehensive exams. If your culminating
experience is a thesis,
then you will need to take only one four-hour comprehensive
exam. If
your culminating experience is either a
project or an internship, then you will need to take two four-hour
comprehensive exams.
___A ballot reporting the
result of your comprehensive exams
should be prepared by your faculty advisor.
Your MLS committee will indicate on the ballot
whether you have passed
the comprehensive exams. This ballot
will be sent to me for my signature, then forwarded to the Graduate
School.
___ File the Intent to Graduate
form in the
___ Pay the required graduation
fee.
___ Check with the
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