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Office of Graduate Studies
USF St. Petersburg Bay 204
140 Seventh Avenue South,
St. Petersburg Florida 33701
Phone: 727-873-4567
Fax: 727-873-4889

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THESIS SUBMISSION

Note: USF St. Petersburg graduate students are no longer required to submit their approved theses through the USF Tampa Graduate School. The final approval of the format after your committee has approved the intellectual content takes place in the USF St. Petersburg Office of Graduate Studies. USF St. Petersburg students DO NOT submit through the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) process, but rather the final manuscript is to be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies in PDF format via email, flash drive, or CD. For all questions or to make an appointment, please call or email Eric Douthirt at douthirt@mail.usf.edu or (727) 873-4567.

Deadlines (needed forms and web pages are embedded in the text)

	SPRING 2012	SUMMER 2012
Complete a Thesis Student Information Request Form and submit to Graduate Studies	within the first three weeks of the Spring semester	within the first three weeks of the Summer semester.
Deadline to apply for Graduation (Graduate Degree Application Form)	2/3/12	6/8/12
Submit PDF version of your final committee-approved thesis/manuscript to the Office of Graduate Studies. Hard copy/paper theses will not be accepted. Final submission must be in PDF form. In addition to the thesis itself, a completed Certificate of Approval Form must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies prior to 6 p.m. on the date due.	3/30/12	7/13/12
Deadline to register for the Commencement Ceremony if you plan to attend. Complete the ceremony registration form found on the USFSP Commencement web page.	4/13/12	*see note below
Deadline to achieve final clearance on thesis/manuscript from the Office of Graduate Studies (grade changes from Z to S on transcript if all requirements are met.	5/2/12	8/1/12
Commencement	5/6/12	12/16/12

***USF St. Petersburg does not have a summer commencement ceremony. Those who anticipate a summer graduation may elect to walk in the Fall ceremony or participate in the USF Tampa summer commencement. If you elect to walk in USF St. Petersburg's Fall ceremony, be sure to complete a Fall ceremony registration form with a note that you are a summer graduate and submit it as outlined on the USFSP Commencement web page. If you elect to participate in USF Tampa's summer ceremony, please register using the USF Tampa commencement webpage and instructions found here: http://usfweb2.usf.edu/commencement.

Format Requirements and Resources

The submission for the format check is no longer required. However, students are still responsible for meeting all the format requirements as outlined below. Graduate Studies does not specify a specific structure or organization for the main body of the manuscript (such as the content, number of chapters, chapter organization, etc.). However, individual graduate programs may require a specific style (i.e. APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), set forth by their program throughout the manuscript. The table below outlines the sections of the manuscript and also the page numbering requirements.

Section	Required or Optional	Page Numbering
TITLE PAGE	REQUIRED	No page #
DEDICATION	Optional	No page #
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	Optional	No page #
TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC)	REQUIRED	Lower Case Roman (i, ii, iii ...)
LIST OF TABLES	REQUIRED (if there are tables)	Lower Case Roman (ii, iii, ...)
LIST OF FIGURES	REQUIRED (if there are figures)	Lower Case Roman (iii, iv, v ...)
ABSTRACT	REQUIRED	Lower Case Roman (v, vi ...)
MAIN BODY	REQUIRED	Arabic (1,2,3,4 ...)
REFERENCES	REQUIRED (unless placed at the end of chapters)	Arabic (34, 35 ...)
APPENDICES	Optional	Arabic (102, 103 ...)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	Optional	No page number End page used in the Table of Contents

The following links provide information on formatting requirements. These helpful guidelines were developed by the USF Tampa Graduate School who has graciously agreed to allow us to use them.

Converting the Manuscript to PDF

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