This message was originally sent to COSSPP graduate students on August 29, 2024.
Welcome to the Fall 2024 semester at FSU and in the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy.
Please review the email below for lots of important information about semester dates and deadlines. You can find these dates and more information here.
Dates and times listed below are subject to change. Please refer to the Registrar’s website, https://registrar.fsu.edu/registration-guides/fall-academic-calendar for the detailed calendar and most up-to-date information. Please bookmark this site.
Fall 2024 Registration
Enrollment windows for currently enrolled and admitted degree-seeking students are located at https://registrar.fsu.edu/registration-guides/fall-enrollment-appointments.
Drop/Add
August 24 – August 29, 2024 – Fall 2024 add/drop registration window.
Students are tuition/fee liable for any coursework remaining on their schedule after the drop/add deadline.
First Day of Classes
August 26, 2024
- Fall 2024 classes begin
- Last day to file for change in residency status.
Late Registration ($100.00 late registration fee.)
August 26 – August 29, 2024
Late registration fees will not be waived.
August 29, 2024 – Fourth Day of Classes
- Last day to Drop/Add and have fees adjusted (Students are liable for all tuition/fees for courses still on their schedules after 11:59p.m., Eastern U.S. time.)
- Last day to add a course without Academic Dean’s permission
- Last day to cancel enrollment and have fees removed
Fall 2024 Graduation Application Period
September 3– September 13, 2024 – Apply online at https://my.fsu.edu. Please visit http://registrar.fsu.edu/services/graduation/ for more details.
- For detailed instructions on applying for graduation online, follow the How to Apply to Graduate steps.
- September 13, 2024 is the last day to apply to graduate in Fall 2024.
- Important: You are required to apply to graduate even if you do not intend to attend the Commencement Ceremony.
End of 7th Week of the Semester
October 11, 2024
- Last day to submit form requesting S/U grading or to change S/U option back to a regular grade.
- Last day to drop a course without receiving a grade.
- Last day to withdraw from school without receiving a grade.
- Last day to petition to reinstate class schedule cancelled for nonpayment of tuition.
- Last day for doctoral students to take and pass their preliminary examination in order to add or convert dissertation hours for the current semester.
October 21, 2024 – Last day for doctoral candidates to submit doctoral dissertation to The Graduate School for pre-defense format review. ALL initial manuscripts MUST be submitted by this date in order to be eligible to graduate this semester. **
November 4, 2024 – Last day for master’s thesis students to submit their thesis to The Graduate School for pre-defense format review. ALL initial manuscripts MUST be submitted by this date in order to be eligible to graduate this semester. **
November 18, 2024 – Final manuscript submission deadline. Last day for submission of the post-defense, final content-approved thesis, dissertation, or treatise and required forms to The Graduate School (by midnight Eastern U.S.). All approvals must be obtained before the forms are submitted to the Manuscript Clearance Advisor. **
December 6, 2024 – Last Day of Classes
December 13, 2024 – Semester Ends
Last day for thesis and dissertation and students graduating this semester to receive an email from Manuscript Clearance confirming final clearance.
December 13, 2024 – Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremonies for the Social Sciences and Public Policy
Visit https://registrar.fsu.edu/graduation/seating/ for updated information.
**All Electronic Thesis, Treatise and Dissertation content and manuscript clearance information is found on The Graduate School’s website, http://gradschool.fsu.edu/academics-research/thesis-treatise-dissertation.
The detailed academic calendar can be viewed at the Registrar’s Office website: http://registrar.fsu.edu/registration_guide/fall/academic_calendar/.
For additional dates and information, please visit the Registrar’s website: https://registrar.fsu.edu/registration_guide/fall/
Please bookmark these pages and refer to those links for the most up-to-date information.
IMPORTANT:
- Doctoral candidates must include a minimum of two (2) semester hours of Dissertation every term, as part of the full-time enrollment, including summer.*
- A doctoral candidate who continues to use campus facilities and/or receives faculty supervision, but have not been cleared by the Manuscript Clearance office, shall include in the required full-time load a minimum of two credit hours of Dissertation per semester, including Summer term, until completion of the degree. Before registering for dissertation hours, the student must consult the major professor as to the proportion of time to be devoted to dissertation work.*
- Doctoral candidates must be enrolled in a minimum of two hours of Dissertation in the semester of graduation (degree conferral).
- All exams (comps, prelims, etc.) and all defenses require registration – contact your department for details.
*International students may have greater requirements. Consult your CGE Advisor.