Petition to graduate: To apply for master's degree candidacy, the student must submit to the registrar, during the semester preceding the anticipated final semester of work, the petition for a degree with the Approved Program of Study attached.
Approved Program of Study (must accompany petition to graduate): The student's Approved Program of Study must show that course requirements for the master's degree will be satisfied before or during the final semester (see Program of Study).
The Approved Program of Study must be successfully completed within a period of no more than six consecutive calendar years.
The student must have an overall grade point average of at least 2.7 and satisfy all school academic requirements.
The student must have completed satisfactorily any language requirement imposed.
The student must have passed any qualifying or comprehensive examinations required by the student's school.
The student must be registered for a minimum of 3 credit hours at all times, except that thesis students may enroll for one hour of MAJR 7000 in the semester of graduation. This reduction may be used only once. Students who have met all requirements for graduation before the last day of registration for the graduation term and who were registered the preceding semester may be eligible for a waiver of enrollment.
In addition, the student must have completed any required work outlined at the time of matriculation.

The student must submit the thesis topic and committee form to the Graduate Studies Office for approval and make satisfactory progress on the thesis.
The student must submit the thesis electronically to the Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Web site at http://etd.gatech.edu and receive final acceptance from the Graduate Studies Office.

Language Requirement

The student's school may require a reading knowledge of one appropriate language.