The letter from your Academic Advisor must state the academic justification(s) of why you need more time to complete your degree or pursue research/study abroad. The letter must include, but is not limited to:
- additional courses that need to be completed
- your new anticipated degree completion date (MM/DD/YYYY). In most cases, your program completion date is the degree conferral date.
If you finish your degree after session A, then your program completion date is the last day of session A classes.
- the topic of your research
- progress made since your last reported completion date
- reason(s) for delay
- additional course(s) that need to be completed (if any)
- remaining required tasks, such as research, data collection, data analysis, recital, dissertation writing, etc.
- new anticipated degree completion date (MM/DD/YYYY) as defined by the Graduation Completion Dates Based on Final Academic Requirements