The abstract and dissertation must be approved by the Supervisory Committee Chair and the Readers prior to filing the Application for the Final Oral Examination or Waiver in the Office of Graduate Studies. The application, signed by the Readers, must be presented for approval to the Doctoral Degree Assistant in the Office of Graduate Studies at least three weeks prior to the date of the oral examination. If the oral examination is waived, the deadline is three weeks prior to the last published date for holding oral examinations.
At the time your application is submitted, a preliminary review of the title page and the abstract is made by the Doctoral Degree Assistant. Submit one copy of the abstract for review. You will be given final oral examination instructions at that time.
The Supervisory Committee has the right to recommend changes in the abstract and the dissertation at the time of the final oral examination. Such changes, should they be requested, are normally made by the student in consultation with the Supervisory Committee Chair and are incorporated in the final versions of the abstract and dissertation that will be deposited in Love Library.