Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology

Basic Steps Toward Your Degree

Basic Steps Toward Your Master of Education Degree in Educational Psychology

Immediately, ensure you are enrolled in the correct concentration.
When you were admitted to your masters program, you were assigned a temporary advisor. Working with your temporary advisor, select classes for your first semester of study and be cleared to register. By the appropriate deadline, register for your first semester.
During your first semester, you should select your permanent advisor and begin to map out your program of study. Ideally, this should happen prior to the end of your first semester and should be turned in to the Graduate Coordinator. You should construct a Program of Study with your advisor of all relevant course work (including independent study or practicum hours, etc.) which has been or will be taken to satisfy degree requirements.
As part of the requirements, a written or oral examination must be taken at the end of your program. Dates for your examination must be discussed with and agreed upon by your advisor. Your advisor must record examination results on the Report of Final Examination and give this form to the Graduate Coordinator who will submit it to the Graduate School.
No later than the Friday of the second full week (first full week for Summer semester graduates) of classes during the semester you intend to graduate, you must apply for graduation with the Graduate School at the Enrolled Student Services Office (Graduation Office) by filling out the Application for Graduation. The deadlines for applying for graduation are set by and posted by the Graduate School. These dates are fixed, so please take note of them! Also, the Program of Study for Non-Doctoral Professional Degrees form must to be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator to be forwarded to the Graduate School no later than the first week of the semester in which you will complete your coursework. The Program of Study has the same deadline as the Application for Graduation for the master's and specialist degrees.

Note: The graduation application and program of study deadline will be enforced! No petitions will be accepted unless reason is beyond student's control. A $50 application fee will be charged for all forms filed late.

Basic Steps Toward Your Master of Arts Degree in Educational Psychology

When you were admitted to your masters program, you were assigned a temporary advisor. Working with your temporary advisor, select classes for your first semester of study and be cleared to register. By the appropriate deadline, register for you first semester.
During your first semester, you need to begin to map out your program of study and think about who you want to work with as your committee chair/major professor. A non-Department faculty member may serve as your major professor upon agreement between the Graduate Coordinator and your Program Coordinator. You also need to identify other faculty to serve on your advisory committee. Once you have settled on a "permanent" advisor, you should construct a Preliminary Program of Study. Ideally, this should happen prior to the end of your second semester.
Your advisory committee must consist of a major professor and two additional faculty. Your major professor and at least one of the other members of the committee must be members or provisional members of the graduate faculty. Once you have settled on the members of your committee, file the Advisory Committee Membership for M.A./M.S. Candidates form with the Graduate Coordinator who will forward it to the Graduate School. You should choose your committee by the end of your second semester at UGA.
Along the way, you may need to make changes to your advisory committee. These must be reflected in a revised Advisory Committee Membership for M.A./M.S. Candidates form turned in to the Graduate Coordinator and forwarded to the Graduate School. You should notify, in writing, any faculty member you've removed from your committee. Should you need to change your major professor/advisor, you are responsible for selecting a new major professor.
After your committee is developed, you should construct a Program of Study for M.A./M.S. Candidates of all relevant course work (including independent study or practicum hours, etc.) which has been or will be taken to satisfy degree requirements. After committee approval, you should submit the Program of Study for M.A./M.S. Candidates to the Graduate Coordinator to be forwarded to the Graduate School
You must schedule a thesis defense with your committee. Your major professor/committee chair is responsible for submitting verification of a satisfactory thesis defense on the Approval Form for Master's Thesis Defense and Final Examination to the Graduate School.
No later than the Friday of the second full week (first full week for Summer semester graduates) of classes during the semester you intend to graduate, you must apply for graduation with the Graduate School at the Enrolled Student Services Office (Graduation Office) by filling out the Application for Graduation. The deadlines for applying for graduation are set by and posted by the Graduate School. These dates are fixed, so please take note of them! The Program of Study has the same deadline as the Application for Graduation for the master's and specialist degrees.

Note: The graduation application and program of study deadline will be enforced! No petitions will be excepted unless reason is beyond student's control. A $50 application fee will be charged for all forms filed late.

Basic Steps Toward Your Specialist Degree in Educational Psychology

When you were admitted to your specialist program, you were assigned a temporary advisor. Working with your temporary advisor, select classes for your first semester of study and be cleared to register. By the appropriate deadline, register for your first semester.
During your first semester, you need to select a permanent advisor and begin to map out your program of study. Ideally, this should happen prior to the end of your first semester. You should construct a Program of Study with your advisor of all relevant course work (including internship or clinic hours, etc.) which you have taken or will take to satisfy degree requirement
As part of the requirements, a written examination, in the form of an applied project, must be completed at the end of your program. Plans for the applied project and the date that it must be completed must be discussed with and agreed upon by your advisor. Your advisor must record examination results on the Report of Final Examination. Notification of performance on these examinations must be submitted to the Graduate School by your advisor.|
No later than the Friday of the second full week (first full week for Summer semester graduates) of classes during the semester you intend to graduate, you must apply for graduation with the Graduate School at the Enrolled Student Services Office (Graduation Office) by filling out the Application for Graduation. The deadlines for applying for graduation are set by and posted by the Graduate School. These dates are fixed, so please take note of them! Also, the Program of Study for Non-Doctoral Professional Degrees form must be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator to be forwarded to the Graduate School no later than the first week of the semester in which you will complete your coursework. The Program of Study has the same deadline as the Application for Graduation for the master's and specialist degrees.

Note: The graduation application and program of study deadline will be enforced! No petitions will be excepted unless reason is beyond student's control. A $50 application fee will be charged for all forms filed late.

Basic Steps Toward Your Doctoral Degree in Educational Psychology

When you were admitted to your doctoral program, you were assigned a temporary advisor. Working with your temporary advisor, select classes for your first semester of study and be cleared to register. By the appropriate deadline, register for your first semester.
During your first semester, begin to map out your program of study and think about who you want to work with as your committee chair/major professor. A non-Department faculty member may serve as your major professor upon agreement between the Graduate Coordinator and your Program Coordinator. You also need to identify other faculty to serve on your advisory committee. Once you have settled on a "permanent" advisor, you should file a Preliminary Program of Study. This should be turned in to the Graduate Coordinator.
Your advisory committee will consist of a major professor or two co-major professors, plus additional members so your committee is comprised of at least four members. At least three members of the advisory committee must have graduate faculty status, at least two members must be from the Department and at least one member's primary affiliation must be from outside of the student's program area. If you choose to have co-chairs, at least four members must have graduate faculty status. Once you have settled on the members of your committee, file the Advisory Committee for Doctoral Candidates form with the Graduate Coordinator who will forward it to the Graduate School.
Along the way, you may need to make changes to your advisory committee. These must be reflected in a revised Advisory Committee for Doctoral Candidates form turned in to the Graduate Coordinator and forwarded to the Graduate School. You should notify, in writing, any faculty member you've removed from your committee. Should you need to change your major professor/advisor, you are responsible for selecting a new major professor.
After your committee is developed, you should construct a Final Doctoral Program of Study of all relevant course work (including internship or clinic hours, etc.) which has been or will be taken to satisfy degree requirements. After committee approval, the Final Doctoral Program of Study must be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator to be forwarded to the Graduate School.
If you are in the Ph. D. program and you did not write a Masters thesis, you must be a major contributing author on a potentially publishable manuscript. This must happen before your preliminary written exams. (The potential of the manuscript will be judged by your advisory committee.)
You must plan for and take written and oral comprehensive examinations on course content. Dates for your comprehensive exams must be discussed with and agreed upon by your advisory committee. Your oral examination will occur after your written exam and must be scheduled through the Graduate Coordinator at least three weeks prior to the date it should take place. The Graduate School will send the appropriate form for recording the results of your written and oral examinations to the Department's Degree Program Assistant. This form must be returned to the Department's Degree Program Assistant, to be forwarded back to the Graduate School, after all committee members have verified the test results.
After all requirements have been completed, you must prepare and defend a dissertation prospectus. Once your prospectus has been satisfactorily defended, committee approval must be filed with the Department. You may be admitted as a doctoral candidate only after satisfactory defense of your prospectus. You must file the Admission to Candidacy form to the Graduate Coordinator to be forwarded to the Graduate School.
No later than the Friday of the second full week (first full week for Summer semester graduates) of classes during the semester you intend to graduate, you must apply for graduation with the Graduate School at the Enrolled Student Services Office (Graduation Office) by filling out the Application for Graduation. The deadlines for applying for graduation are set by and posted by the Graduate School. These dates are fixed, so please take note of them! Note: The graduation application will be enforced! No petitions will be excepted unless reason is beyond student's control. A $50 application fee will be charged for all forms filed late.
You must schedule a dissertation defense at least three weeks prior to the desired defense date with the Graduate School through the Graduate Coordinator. At this time you must also verify the membership of your advisory committee to ensure that it is correctly recorded with the graduate school. Your major professor/committee chair is responsible for submitting verification of a satisfactory dissertation defense on the Approval Form for Doctoral Dissertation and Final Defense to the Graduate School.
Final revisions must be approved by your major professor before your dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School. Revisions on your dissertation must be completed by the deadline posted by the Graduate School to complete the requirements necessary for graduation by the end of the desired semester. Additionally, the dissertation must be defended and the approval page must be signed by your major professor before the document is presented to the Graduate School for approval.