Culminating Experience

A culminating experience is required for the completion of a master's or doctorate 学位课程. It is the final requirement to culminate your degree.  

Identify Your Culminating Experience Plan

探索 the culminating plans below and the policies that govern each plan. 

• Plan A - Thesis (Master's Degree)

  • This plan requires selection and approval (by the 研究生导师 and/or the candidate's committee) of a thesis topic and its successful completion and production in bound form. The thesis plan is overseen by the College of 研究生学习.

    Course enrollment:  department 299

    论文的细节: forms, guidelines, and deadlines 

    目录: Thesis Requirements 

• Plan B - Project or Comprehensive Exam (Master's Degree)

  • This plan requires students to undergo a combination of a comprehensive examination, final paper, or 项目. Students should consult with their 研究生导师 关于这个计划.

    Course enrollment: department 298 (项目) or course set by department

    目录: Project/Comprehensive Exam Requirements 

    Note: Students who fulfill their culminating experience requirement through Plan B can不 list 299 with a passing grade on their 菠菜网lol正规平台 transcript. If a student has enrolled in 299, they must withdraw from the course or take a grade of NC.

• Plan C - 创造性的工作 (Master's Degree)

  • This plan is reserved for cases in which the final requirement is met through a special 创造性的作业. The student is required to submit a written report on the creative 项目. The report is to be cataloged. This plan follows a similar pattern to the thesis option and is overseen by the College of 研究生学习.

    Course enrollment: department 299

    创造性的工作 Details: forms, guidelines, and deadlines

    目录: 创造性的工作 Requirements 

• Project (Doctoral Degree)

  • It is California State University policy to require a doctoral 项目 in the following 程序:

    Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs - the DNP doctoral 项目 shall be the written product of a systematic, rigorous, evidence-based endeavor focused on a significant nursing practice issue.

    Doctor of Audiology (AuD) programs - proposals may be undertaken as 项目s that are developed under the guidance of faculty and approved by the doctoral 项目 committee.

    Course enrollment: department 项目 course

    The 项目 option is overseen by the College of 研究生学习.

    Doctoral Project Details:  forms, guidelines, and deadlines

    目录: Doctoral Project Requirements

• Dissertation (Doctoral Degree)

  • It is California State University policy to require a dissertation in the following 程序:

    Doctor of 教育 Degree (EdD) programs - the dissertation shall be the written product of systematic, rigorous research on a significant professional issue. 

    Course enrollment: department 599

    The dissertation option is overseen by the College of 研究生学习.

    Dissertation Details: forms, guidelines, and deadlines 

    目录: Dissertation Requirements

Follow Culminating Experience 最后期限

View the deadlines below according to your plan type and program requirements. 

• Thesis and Dissertation 

  • The submission deadlines and processes for students who are completing a Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation (Plan A) for their Culminating Experience are determined and managed by the Office of the College of 研究生学习. For a comprehensive list of these dates, please visit the 研究生招生 and 项目评估 最后期限 网页 for your anticipated graduation term or visit the College of 研究生学习 Thesis and Dissertation Submission and Publication 最后期限 网页.

    For any additional Thesis and Dissertation questions, please contact the College of 研究生课程 graduate-studies@anchoragedev.com.

• Project and Comprehensive Exams

  • Students who are completing a Department Project or Comprehensive Examination (Plan B) are to successfully complete their experience by the listed degree conferral date at the end of the semester for which they intend to graduate. To confirm that deadline or for other important semester dates, please visit the 截止日期的页面 associated with your anticipated graduation term. This date can be found within the Important Dates and Timelines table.

• 创造性的工作

  • Students who are completing a Creative Project (Plan C) are required to submit a written report to the Office of the College of 研究生学习 on their creative 项目. To confirm that deadline or for more information, please visit the College of 研究生学习 website or contact their office at graduate-studies@anchoragedev.com.

• Verification of Culminating Experience Form

  • The 研究生招生 and 项目评估 (GAPE) Office is 不ified of the completion of a student’s 学位课程 requirements in two ways:

    1. Submission of a Verification of Culminating Experience Form.
    2. Successful completion of a predetermined final culminating experience course.

    
    The purpose of the Verification of Culminating Experience Form is to 不ify the GAPE Office that you have successfully satisfied all of your 学位课程 requirements as per your designated department or school. It is the role of your 研究生导师 to submit the Verification of Culminating Experience Form on your behalf at the end of the semester for which you intend to graduate. However, it is the responsibility of the student to confirm the use of the form in conjunction with their program and ensure the form has been submitted to the GAPE Office. For students who are only required to conclude their 学位课程 requirements via a final culminating experience course, it is your responsibility to successfully complete that predetermined course.

    Note: The Verification of Culminating Experience Form is 不 accessible to students and will 不 be accepted if submitted by a student. 每个指定的 研究生导师 has been granted access to the form and must submit it to the GAPE Office on behalf of the student.

Maintain Continuous Enrollment (1290R)

Learn how culminating students maintain their continuous enrollment below. 探索 the details of this 招生政策 and Registration Process in our 1290 r表示 [pdf]. 

• 招生政策

  • Continuous enrollment is required of all graduate students between completion of regular courses and satisfactory completion of the culminating experience. 登记必须 be maintained in each Fall and Spring semester until degree completion. 研究生 may maintain enrollment by registering for a 1-unit 1290R course or by registering 其他课程. 

    Please 不e that departments may require repeated enrollment in a 项目, thesis, or comprehensive exam-preparation class. Consult with your 研究生导师 for additional instruction to successfully maintain continuous enrollment.

    For detailed information, visit the university catalog for the Continuous 招生政策.

• 1290 r登记 

  • Eligible graduate students will be 不ified by the 注册处 后 添加的最后期限 for the given semester.

    Students will be assigned a Special Session appointment for the 1290R course and they may then register online through their My菠菜网lol正规平台 portal. No permission or add code is necessary to register for the 1290R course.

    As the course is supervisory in nature, there are no formal meetings for 1290R. 登记 allows students to maintain an active status (utilizing campus resources) while completing their culminating experience. Students are encouraged to register as soon as the My菠菜网lol正规平台 appointment is available; however, registration for 1290R must occur prior to the last day of course instruction for the given term. 

    Note for International Students: To maintain their immigration status, international students are encouraged to add the course as soon as their appointments are available 在30天内.

• Retroactive 1290 r登记

  • Continuous enrollment is a university graduation requirement. Therefore, failure to register for this unit will result in a hold on graduation until the 1290R unit is retroactively added in each Fall and Spring term lacking required enrollment. 在那 time, late fees will apply.

    To retroactively add a 1290R course, the student is required to complete an online Retroactive Requests for 1290R form，可在 注册的网站 and payment of associated tuition and fees.