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Thesis and Dissertation Office - Submission Process


Submission Process 

Your time commitment:

  • The Thesis and Dissertation Office's goal is to complete the initial evaluation within 4 weeks after the date of your submission (or 4 weeks from the 1st day of the submission period if you submit early).
  • You will have 2 weeks after you pick up your corrections from the Thesis and Dissertation Office to return your corrected thesis/project report/dissertation.
  • The evaluation of your corrected thesis/project report/dissertation/ will take approximately 1 week. If you do not have further corrections, you will be contacted to pick up your thesis/project report/dissertation and begin the clearance process.
  • If you have specific timelines (e.g., employment, doctoral program admissions, relocation, vacation), you should submit your thesis/project report/dissertation at the beginning of the submission period to assure that you have enough time for the evaluation and corrections process.

Early submission: Theses/project reports/dissertations for a specific submission period will be accepted prior to that submission period; however, the evaluation of your thesis/dissertation/project report will not begin until the 1st day of the submission period.

Theses/project reports/dissertations will be evaluated in the order they are submitted. No exceptions will be made.

Late submission: No late submissions will be accepted.

Theses/project reports/dissertations must be professional and in acceptable order when submitted to the Thesis and Dissertation Office. Drafts or incomplete copies will not be accepted.

Thesis/Project Report/Dissertation Rejection: Theses/project reports/dissertations containing numerous and consistent formatting errors will be rejected and will need to be corrected before submission to the next term. Student's graduation date will need to be moved by filing the proper paperwork with Enrollment Services.

Note: During the period between submission and completion, priority for appointments and consultations is given to those students whose thesis/project report/dissertation is in process for the current semester.

Process Flow Chart