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All theses must be approved by the student’s Master’s thesis committee. The committee is comprised of your advisor (who will serve as committee chair) and two additional faculty members from the Department of Human Development and Family Science. Only H.D.F.S. tenured and tenure track faculty, and Professors of Practice may chair a Master’s thesis committee. H.D.F.S. Internship Coordinators may serve as a committee member, but they may not serve as committee chair.  The student may select one faculty member from outside of the department if the expertise of this individual is related to the student’s thesis.

The proposal must be submitted to the committee for evaluation. The committee will determine if the proposal is of sufficient quality to progress to the proposal defense. At the time of the proposal defense the student will present the proposed thesis and address any questions or concerns raised by the committee. The committee will determine whether the proposal is coherent, well developed, of sufficient importance, and feasible within a given timeframe. Students whose thesis proposals are deemed “unsatisfactory” will be required to re-defend their proposal. 

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