The Thesis Committee form should be completed at the end of the first semester in the program or if your committee changes. They have been set up as DocuSign PowerForms for your convenience.
Upon satisfactory completion of the thesis proposal defense, the student’s Graduate Study Committee will sign the Thesis Proposal Approval form to indicate their approval. See more information on the Second Semester Students page.
A Thesis Checklist has been developed to help you check off the tasks required to complete the thesis process and move toward graduation.
This link to the Graduate School provides information on thesis formatting, deadlines, submission, and more. However, use the Thesis Defense Report and Thesis Approval Form listed on this page (below).
The Thesis Defense Report is required for all students who are completing a thesis or dissertation. This form will be signed by your Graduate Committee members after you have publicly and privately defended your thesis. Enter your committee member's names and emails for direct routing through DocuSign.
Initiate the Thesis/Dissertation Approval Form via DocuSign after you have defended. Even if your revisions are not complete, the form will just wait in the queue of your committee members until they approve. It will route through your committee members, the Department Director, the Associate Dean of the College, and onto the Graduate School. You will receive a copy of this after the Associate Dean of the College has reviewed your thesis and approved it.
After the Associate Dean of the College has signed the Thesis Approval Form (you will be notified via DocuSign), upload your thesis to ETD Administrator. Go to this page of Graduate School website, scroll down about half way to Electronic Thesis Submission.