THESIS/DISSERTATION SUBMISSION STEPS

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When Supervising Professor declares you are ready to defend dissertation, distribute dissertation copies to all committee members who should have two weeks to read it.

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When all committee members agree you are ready to defend, obtain a Request for Final Oral Examination from your program.

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Set a date, time and place for your Final Oral Exam through your program office. (Check with your program office or the Graduate Dean's Office for deadline date for semester during which you plan to graduate.)

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Take completed Request for Final Oral Examination form to the Graduate Dean's Office, along with a BOUND (three ring binder, spiral, etc.) copy of your dissertation - AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED FINAL ORAL EXAM DATE. (The Graduate Dean's Office will secure an Outside Chair and e-mail you with formatting corrections due at final submission. Notice of your defense will be e-mailed to all faculty and posted outside the Graduate Dean's Office.)

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BE CERTAIN YOU INCLUDE A COPY OF YOUR ABSTRACT AND THAT YOUR DISSERTATION AND ABSTRACT ARE IN SOME SORT OF BINDER.

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Bring three original signature pages with you to your defense so that your committee members may sign them. This will save you steps later. BE CERTAIN THE SIGNATURE PAGES ARE COPIED ON THE REQUIRED PAPER WITH WATERMARK RIGHT SIDE UP AND IDENTICAL TO THE PAPER YOU WILL USE FOR THE FINAL COPIES OF YOUR DISSERTATION.

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Take final copy of dissertation to Graduate Dean's Office for format check. This copy must be printed from your PDF version of your dissertation.

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PDF file must be the only file on the CD, and the filename must be in the following format: Name Title-of-Dissertation.pdf

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Have required number of copies of dissertation made and return to Graduate Dean's Office with copies and original signature pages. The Copy Center will send one bound copy of your dissertation to your Supervising Professor. The second copy will be sent to UMI and eventually to your program office. The third required copy will remain in Library stacks. Check with your program office or the Graduate Dean's Office for the deadline final copies of your dissertation is due for the semester during which you plan to graduate.

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After copies are checked, you will be given an Approval of Thesis/Dissertation form

1. Take required number of dissertation copies (along with one extra copy of the title and abstract pages for doctoral students) to the Copy Center for binding - Copy Center HOURS ARE 8 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. - MONDAY-THURSDAY and 8 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. on FRIDAY.
2. Return form (signed by representative in the Copy Center) to the Graduate Dean's Office.