George Mason University : Bioinformatics and Computational Biology : Deadlines

Fall 2008 DEADLINES:

Jul 07: Graduation Intent Form (GIF) must be submitted on Patriot Web.
Jul 18: PHD and Certificate students must submit Graduation Applications to their academic departments.
Oct 3: Have formatting review with thesis and dissertation coordinator in Fenwick Library
Oct 10: Submit a draft manuscript to your committee for review
Oct 24: PhD pre-defense with committee (mandatory for PhD students, recommended for MS thesis students)
Oct 31: Contact program office with your desired date/time of public defense (for room scheduling) and send an abstract of your thesis or dissertation - via e-mail to flannery@gmu.edu
Nov 07: Give final dissertation or thesis manuscript to your committee for review
Nov 21: Do your public dissertation or thesis defense
Dec 05: Submit your dissertation or thesis manuscript, fully signed, to the Fenwick Library

Note that these are deadlines and NOT the recommended dates. Students are advised to schedule their pre-defense and final defense well in advance of the listed deadlines. It is the student's responsibility to schedule meetings with the committee.

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