- Check the deadlines for the oral defense at the Graduate College TAD (Thesis and Dissertation Services)
and determine whether or not you will complete and defend your dissertation/thesis in time to graduate.
- If so, apply for graduation by the published deadline on the Registrar's Graduation webpage .
- For questions regarding graduation applications and deadlines please contact the Graduation Office .
- Visit the TAD website
for the PCOE template, TAD checklist, deadlines, and procedures.
- Suggestion: Defend at least two weeks before the required term deadline found on the TAD Deadlines chart, if you plan to graduate in a specific semester.
- Before the final defense, complete the online TAD Submission Form , then email the approved Dissertation or Thesis to TAD for a format check.
- NOT LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE
of the defense, when all is confirmed by your Committee, email the Arrangements for the Oral Exam on Thesis/Dissertation form
to PCOE Student Affairs Graduate Records
.
- To request Patton Hall 126 Dissertation/Thesis Defense room: email your FINAL Defense Arrangements form to P COE Student Affairs Graduate Records . If all is ready for the final defense, a request will be submitted for room.
- To reserve a classroom, conference, or seminar room for a defense, please contact Helen Watson .
- For a Patton Hall projector, conferencing, laptop, etc., contact the Center for Technology and Online Programs (740-593-4451).
- Receive emailed verification of defense arrangements from PCOE Student Affairs Graduate Records.
- Each member of your dissertation/thesis committee must receive an edited copy of the dissertation/thesis, along with the results of a similarity check, at least two weeks before the defense, and the defense must be publicly posted. If not publicly posted, the committee can choose to cancel the defense.
- The doctoral candidate submits the dissertation document to a Turnitin (TII) assignment in their dissertation course (e.g., EDLE 8950). The dissertation & TII report are shared with the Dissertation Committee at least 2 weeks before the Final Defense.
- Using the results of the TII similarity report, the Dissertation Chair & at least one other committee member (e.g., Dean's Rep) might request revisions to the dissertation. When the Dissertation/Thesis Chair finds that no more revisions are needed, they will initial the statement “TII Revisions are Complete” on the final defense form.
- Corrections and suggestions on the dissertation/thesis document must be approved by your Committee.
- PCOE Student Affairs Graduate Records emails the approved Final Defense Report to the TAD office , upon receipt of the approved Final Defense Report.
- Student submits the fully approved dissertation/thesis through TAD. This must occur by the TAD deadline.
- TAD emails the “TAD PROCESS COMPLETE” message to the student, the Committee chair, and PCOE Graduate Records.
- TAD emails the defense report to the Registrar to change the Dissertation/Thesis grades.
