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All Ph.D. students must complete a Request for Examination (instructions) and pay attention to the deadlines for filing this form. The Request for Examination requires the signature of the student’s dissertation advisor and department chair. In addition, the form lists the names of committee members (dissertation committee and two readers), the time, place, and date of the defense. The Graduate Director will only sign the form after receiving approval from the committee members. The Graduate School will send confirmation of the defense to all committee members. Candidates should be familiar with the procedures for defending the dissertation, information can be found by visiting the What You Need to Graduate page.
Dissertation defenses can only be scheduled in the fall and spring semesters. All defenses are open to the public. Students are expected to provide the department administrative assistant with an abstract of their thesis two weeks prior to the defense. A copy of the dissertation should be submitted to the department one week prior to the defense.
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