위에 쓴 것처럼’학업 종료일’은 졸업에 필요한 모든 요건을 마친 날입니다.
그러므로, 논문이 없는 학부생이나 석사과정의 경우에는
원칙적으로 마지막 수업을 듣고 마지막 시험을 치고 마지막 프로젝트 보고서를 제출한 날이 됩니다.
그런데, 어떤 학교에서는 그냥 ‘졸업식날’을 기준으로 하기도 하는 것 같습니다.
결국 중요한 것은 학교 International Student Office (ISO)에서 SEVIS에 입력하는 학업종료일이고,
이것의 기준이 학교마다 다를 수 있으므로, 학교에서 어떻게 처리하는지 확인할 필요가 있습니다.
I-20의 item 5에 “completion of studies” 날짜가 참고가 되리라고 생각합니다.
그래도, 본인의 졸업이 다가오면 ISO에 확인하는 것이 필요할 것입니다.
참조:
* Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/isso/students/current/f1/status/completion.html
Undergraduate Students and Graduate Students (in programs not requiring thesis or dissertation or equivalent)
You officially complete your studies when you complete all program requirements. Below are the general completion dates for the respective terms of program completion:
– Fall Semester : January 25th
– Spring Semester : Date of the May graduation ceremony
– Summer Term
Last day of classes – for students registered only during the first six-week session (See Summer Term calendar), or
September 25th – for students registered during the twelve-week session or second six-week session
* UC Berkeley
http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/I-20
– Undergraduate Students:
Your completion date is considered to be the last day of final exams of the semester your degree requirements are fulfilled.
– Graduate Students:
Your completion date is the day on which all degree requirements are fulfilled, such as filing the thesis or dissertation in the Graduate Division. If you do not have a research component to your degree program (such as in the MBA program or other professional schools), your completion date would be the last day of final exams of the semester your degree requirements are fulfilled.