All graduate students are required to give an oral presentation as part of their Master's degree requirements. Students pursuing the thesis option (Plan I) will use their thesis defense as their presentation. Students pursuing the non-thesis option (Plan II) will give a presentation on their projectr. The scheduling of the presentation is the responsibility of the Graduate Coordinator.

Here are specific requirements:

1. To request scheduling of the presentation, the student must provide the following to the Graduate Coordinator in email or Microsoft Word format: a) title of presentation; b) abstract of presentation; c) preferred days and times (at least three). Those presenting a thesis or a project must get the approval of the thesis or project advisor before giving this information to the Graduate Coordinator. Please submit this information by the middle of the semester in which the presentation is to be given.
2. All presentations must be given within the fifteen week Fall or Spring semester, or within the twelve-week Summer term. No presentations are scheduled during Final Exam week, during break periods within a semester, or between semesters.
3. No more than two oral presentations will be scheduled for any day.
4. The Graduate Coordinator will try to schedule presentations on no more than two days in a week. In no case will presentations be scheduled on more than three days in one week.
5. A 50-minute period will be scheduled for presentations by Plan I (thesis) students. A 20-25 minute period will be scheduled for all other students.
6. For Plan II students, it is NOT necessary that the project be complete before the oral presentation is given, but the project should be far enough along so that some preliminary results can be presented.
7. The date and time of the presentation must be approved by the Graduate Coordinator at least three days before the presentation is to be given. There are no exceptions to this requirement.
8. The Graduate Coordinator is responsible for announcing the presentation to the department's faculty, staff, and graduate students.

You can check the CS Calendar to see which dates remain available for your presentation.