June 1^st

Graduate students begin deaf education program (beginning June 2008

• Instructors to identify possible candidates based on written work completed for courses.
• Students may also approach instructors and request that option.
• Students must approach deaf education instructor as committee chair.                           
• Students may approach faculty outside deaf education to serve on committee, but the chair must be deaf education faculty.

§         Students may only approach one faculty member at a time in regards to writing a thesis / professional paper.

September 1^st

All students identified as candidates for professional paper or thesis

October 1^st

Idea papers due to committee chair

October 15^th

Institutional Review Board (IRB) paperwork completed (under the   direction of the Chair) and turned in to the IRB office.  Prospectus due to the COMS Department.

January 1^st

Methodology due

May 15^th

Draft #1 due

Students to follow formatting and structure guidelines for professional papers and theses established by the TWU Graduate School http://www.twu.edu/o-grad/guidelines.doc, and the most recent edition of the APA Guide.

June 15^th

Final Draft Due

July 15^th

Oral presentations completed

All final paperwork completed and submitted to graduate office