Submission Deadlines
Please note that all submission deadlines (dates and times) are strictly enforced.
No exceptions are permitted.
Deadline dates are noted in the USC catalog. Be sure to schedule your defense and completion dates to allow sufficient time for manuscript editing and to obtain the required signatures.
You must submit your paperwork in person to the Graduate School before you are cleared to submit your manuscript. You will not be permitted to upload your manuscript to The Graduate School website if your documentation is delivered through the mail, or if your documentation is incomplete and/or lacking authorized signatures.
Allow time to make all changes and corrections and obtain all required signatures before the deadline. Please note that no exceptions will be made for professors or department chairs who are on vacation, on leave or otherwise unavailable to sign your forms by the deadline.
Degree Conferral Dates
Your degree will be awarded for the term in which all degree requirements have been met including approval of the final version of your thesis or dissertation and submission of supporting documents. No degree will be awarded retroactively.
Submitting your manuscript by the semester deadline date and time makes you eligible for graduation in the corresponding semester. However, submission by this date does not guarantee that you will be awarded the degree in the same semester.
Your graduation will be advanced to a later semester if you have:
- failed to make all requested corrections in the time allotted;
- failed to make all corrections by the conferral date; or
- submitted incomplete paperwork, or paperwork lacking original and authorized signatures.
Paperwork is processed and manuscripts read in the order received. Students with new jobs or post-docs, and international students with visa concerns are strongly advised to plan their defense and submission dates accordingly.
Summer Semester 2007
Degree Conferral Date: August 7, 2007
by 5 p.m., PST
by 11:59 p.m., PST
Deadline to submit signed and completed graduation paperwork to The Graduate School
Monday, July 2, 2007, by 5 p.m., Pacific Standard TimeDeadline to upload thesis or dissertation
Monday, July 2, 2007, by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Fall Semester 2007
Degree Conferral Date: December 17, 2007
Deadline to submit signed and completed graduation paperwork
to The Graduate School
Thursday, November 1, 2007, by 5 p.m., PST
Deadline to upload thesis or dissertation
Thursday, November 1, 2007, by 11:59 p.m., PST
Spring Semester 2008
Degree Conferral Date: May 16, 2008
Deadline to submit signed and completed graduation paperwork to The Graduate School
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by 5 p.m., Pacific Standard TimeDeadline to upload thesis or dissertation
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Summer Semester 2008
Degree Conferral Date: August 12, 2008
Deadline to submit signed and completed graduation paperwork to The Graduate School
Tuesday, July 1, 2008, by 5 p.m., Pacific Standard TimeDeadline to upload thesis or dissertation
Tuesday, July 1, 2008, by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time