Masters Program
Important Dates, Deadlines, & Procedures
Fall 2025 (Thesis)/(Non-Thesis)
Summer 2025 (Thesis)/(Non-Thesis)
Spring 2025 (Thesis)/(Non-Thesis)
General Master’s Program Resources
Thesis Track
- Thesis Advisory Committee Form
- Thesis Requirements
- Theses and Dissertations – An Introduction
- Thesis Prospectus Defense Announcement Formatting
- Thesis Final Defense Announcement Formatting
Non-Thesis Track
- Non-Thesis Research Paper Instructions
- Non-Thesis Proposal Approval Form
- Non-Thesis Defense Announcement Formatting
- Non-Thesis Approval Form
Ph.D. Program
- Security Studies Ph.D. Handbook
- Doctoral Policy Guide
- Restricted Registration Agreement
- Doctoral Program of Study Form
- Doctoral Written Candidacy Exam Rules & Procedures
- Preliminary Advisory Committee Formation Form
- Preliminary Advisory Committee Meeting Completion Form
- Designation of Outside Reader Form
- Doctoral Advisory Committee Form
- Doctoral Prospectus Defense Announcement Formatting
- Dissertation Proposal Approval Form
- Doctoral Final Defense Announcement Formatting
- Dissertation Requirements
- Theses and Dissertations – An Introduction
Certificate Programs
Graduate Student Organizations
- Political Science Graduate Student Association
- Graduate Society of Political Science Women
College of Graduate Studies Resources
- Registration – Degree Seeking
- Registration – Non-Degree Seeking
- College of Graduate Studies Role
- MyUCF – Graduate Students
- Pathways for Success
- Academic Integrity
- Funding
- Graduate Student Organizations