English Creative Writing

A complete draft of the thesis should be submitted to the committee chair at least three weeks before the desired defense date. After the thesis has been approved by the chair, a defense date is scheduled and cleared with the other committee members. When the date and time have been set, the student should inform the Graduate Advisor, who will schedule a room for the defense and post an announcement so that the public may attend.

The Graduate Studies Office should be informed at least two or three weeks prior to the defense date. Students must be registered for at least one course during the semester in which the defense is held. After the defense, the chair will file the Report of the Final Oral Examination with the Graduate Studies Office and fill out Report of Credit forms for all thesis hours.

No defense will be scheduled during summer semester unless special permission is obtained from the entire supervisory committee. The student is responsible for the preparation of and final revisions to the dissertation manuscript. The student must consult and follow the requirements of the Graduate School for submission of the dissertation to the Thesis Office.