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Your dissertation defense could be scheduled as early as the end of your fifth year, though it is more customary to be held at the end of your sixth year. An “Intention to Receive Degree” form must be filed prior to scheduling the defense. Be sure to schedule your defense well in advance, and work with the DGSA to make sure that everything is in order well before the date approaches.
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[o]ne month before the dissertation is presented and no later than January 25 for a May commencement, June 15 for a September degree, and October 15 for a December degree, students must apply for graduation electronically by following the appropriate procedure in their student account on DukeHub. This application indicates the title of the dissertation, which must be approved by both the DGS of the student’s degree program and the professor who directs the dissertation.
[t]he dissertation must be completed to the satisfaction of the professor who directs the dissertation (dissertation advisor), members of the student’s milestone committee, and the academic dean of The Graduate School. The dissertation advisor must examine and approve that the dissertation is ready for defense prior to submission to The Graduate School, as indicated by a letter to The Graduate School stating this approval. An electronic copy of the approved dissertation must be uploaded to ProQuest for review and approval by The Graduate School at least two weeks prior to the defense. Deadlines for dissertation submission are posted on The Graduate School website and must be respected if the student wishes to receive the degree in the semester when the intention to graduate has been formally declared ; if the deadlines are missed, the student must register and reapply to graduate in a subsequent term, and pay continuation tuition accordingly. Final doctoral dissertations are scholarly products of Duke University, and must become publicly available for reading, though they may be embargoed for a specified period before becoming publicly accessible. Dissertations must be submitted electronically to ProQuest in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and to DukeSpace in the Duke Libraries, where they are openly accessible online after any embargo. See The Graduate School/ Academics/Theses and Dissertations website for information about electronic submission and about procedures for obtaining a copyright, and the possibility of a temporary embargo before public accessibility. Abstracts are published in Dissertation Abstracts International .
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Note that these regulations cannot be changed by the DGS or the dissertation advisor . All students are required to familiarize themselves with this process well before they intend to submit their dissertation. Students should note that these rules include detailed instructions on layout, footnotes, and citation techniques for the dissertation and the rules governing this process , found in the Guide for Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations (The Graduate School/Academics/Theses and Dissertations website: https://gradschool.duke.edu/academics/theses-and-dissertations ).
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Defense ProcessThe final examination is normally administered by the supervising committee of five members, though a four-member committee is permissible if the primary advisor is present. Only one member of a dissertation examination committee may participate by telephone; that member may not be the chair. The DGS must obtain the permission of the Senior Associate Dean for telephone participation at least a week before the oral exam. This oral exam lasts between two and three hours. Since this is a public defense, other persons may attend to listen but they should notify both the student and the chairperson in advance. Questions and discussion concentrate primarily on the dissertation; however, the committee may also ask questions that relate broadly to the major field of study. Once the exam is over, the candidate and any guests will be asked to leave so the committee can discuss the exam and vote by written ballot as required. If all of the members vote affirmatively, they sign their names on at least the first and second copies of the dissertation and on the title page of the original copy of the abstract, signifying the abstract is suitable for publication. The easiest and least confusing procedure if for the committee member to sign all of the copies. They then sign the final examination certificate, which is returned signed to the student who should promptly turn in to the Graduate Studies Office. Four of five (or four of four) affirmative votes of those present – including the main supervisor – constitute a pass. The Graduate School Bulletin states that "A student who fails the final examination may be allowed to take it a second time, but no earlier than six months from the date of the first examination. Permission to take the second examination must be obtained from the professor who directed the dissertation and from the Dean of the Graduate School. Failure to pass the second examination renders the student ineligible to continue work for the Ph.D. exam at Duke University." Revising and Correcting the DissertationThe committee may accept the dissertation on the understanding that the student will make minor revisions and corrections to be reviewed and approved by their advisor before the dissertation is deposited with the Graduate School. In this case, they will sign the exam certificate and the abstract sheets and dissertation signature pages. The student will then have up to 30 days after the examination to make the requested changes and improvements. NOTE: this 30-day period for corrections cannot be granted when there are fewer than 30 days left in the semester. In such cases you must check with the Graduate School to determine the deadline for submitting the completed dissertation. Depositing the DissertationAfter passing the final examination, and making any necessary corrections and improvements, a student takes the original and first two copies (three sets in all) of the finished dissertation, with 3 abstracts signed by the committee, to the Graduate School office. At this time the student will be required to sign a microfilming agreement and to pay a fee to cover microfilming costs. Duke dissertations are published on microfilm by University Microfilms (Ann Arbor, MI). At this time the student will also be required to pay to have the original and two copies of the dissertation bound in black covers with gold lettering on the spine. The original and one copy go on file in Perkins Library; the other copy goes to your dissertation advisor. Additional copies may be bound through the Duke Bookstore in the Bryan Center. The student may also pay to copyright their dissertation at this time; this is optional but recommended.
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Dissertation ProposalAfter successful completion of the preliminary examination, you (now a candidate for the Ph.D.) will submit a formal proposal for a dissertation topic to the dissertation committee—a committee of 4 to 5 faculty, including the director of the dissertation, chosen by you in consultation with the director and approved by the Director of the Graduate Program in Religion. Approval of Dissertation TopicYou must receive your doctoral committee's approval for the proposed study. The following steps should be taken:
Dissertation GuidanceWhile the dissertation advisor has principal responsibility for advice and guidance, it is understood that any member of the committee is available for guidance. You are urged, and your advisor may require this, to submit sections of your dissertation while it is still in the process of preparation to various committee members for criticism. Any member may request that certain sections or chapters of the dissertation be submitted to him/her before they reach the stage of final draft. Complete DissertationThe dissertation must meet the standards of the Graduate Program in Religion and the Graduate School of Duke University. Doctoral dissertations ordinarily run 90,000 to 100,000 words including notes and bibliography. For information about the format specified by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, see Guide for the Preparation of Theses and Dissertations. Please note that while The Graduate School stipulates a deadline for initial submission of 2 weeks prior to your defense, the Graduate Program in Religion requires a 3-week minimum of time for the dissertation to be distributed to committee members to read prior to the defense. Dissertation DefenseWhen the dissertation is completed, you will defend it orally before the dissertation committee. Defenses, while conducted by the dissertation committee, are open to the university community. The oral defense usually lasts 2 hours. All members of the dissertation committee, including the advisor, must be present at the defense or may participate by video or conference call.
Secondary MenuPhd defense. When a student is ready to defend he/she must plan carefully and meet many requirements. You will need to plan at least at the beginning of each semester whether you will be able to defend in that semester. Here you will find some of the tasks that needs to be done before the defense.
Secondary MenuCommittees for ma thesis and thesis defense. Every incoming student is required to identify a main advisor and select a chair of their MA committee at the beginning of the spring semester of their first year in residence, and preferably earlier. Until the main advisor is selected, the DGS serves as the advisor. The student and their chair will jointly file the names of the thesis committee with the DGS and Graduate School no later than February of the first year. Per Graduate School guidelines, committees must be a minimum of three members of the graduate faculty, there must always be at least two members from the CMAC faculty, and one Minor Area Representative (MAR) on the student’s committee. The committee approval form must be approved by the Graduate School at least 30 days prior to the first day of the thesis exam. A majority of the committee must be physically present with the student for the examination, the chair MUST always be physically present for the examination, unless otherwise informed by the Graduate School.
Ph.D. programAcademic calendar and upcoming key dates can be found on the Registrar website Graduation deadlines can be found on TGS website DGS Orientation PhD Info Sheet Graduate School Bulletin Ph.D. Certificates and Training Bass Instructional Fellowships Ph.D. Plus MEMS Conference Support Below are the most commonly requested forms by PhD students. If the form you need is not listed below, please visit the document finder page on TGS website. Enroll Course Below 500 Level Audit Grad Course MEMS Course Transfer Approval Course Withdrawal Form Leave of Absence Independent Study Commonly used acronyms Milestone Exams PhD students are required to complete a course-based and research based exam. Each of these exams are outlined below. Preliminary Exam View the Guidelines for the Preliminary Exam for a description of the exam. The Guidelines for Prelim Committee Composition explain how to select committee members. The Preliminary Exam should be passed before the end of exams in the spring of the student’s second year in the program. The time required for the Preliminary exam is two hours. Required forms:
Research Proposal Defense Review the Guidelines for the Research Proposal Defense and the Pass Fail Guidelines . The Research Proposal Defense should be passed before the end of exams in the spring of the student’s third year in the program. Once your committee selection has been determined, provide the names and date of the exam to the DGSA, Michell Tampe, in an email for final approval. The Research Proposal Defense rubric will be sent in survey form to the committee chair during the exam and submitted to the DGSA. The Graduate School deadlines for graduation can be found here. Review the full Guide for the Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations and the Exam Card Procedure . PhD Dissertation Defense When preparing for your PhD dissertation, it is very important that you follow all of The Graduate School’s policies and procedures to ensure that the publication of your research adheres to Duke University guidelines.
Further information regarding the submission of your dissertation can be found here . Doctoral students enrolled at Duke University can pursue one master’s degree en route to the PhD, without paying for an additional 30 units of graduate credit. This includes master’s degrees in the same department as the PhD, or in a different department. Note that PhD students who wish to receive a second master’s degree en route to the PhD will be charged tuition for the additional 30 course credits required. MS en Route within same discipline:
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The following certificates are available to students pursuing Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Aerospace Research (SOAR) – Learn more » Photonics – Learn more » Payroll, Purchasing, ReimbursementsQuestions about payroll ? Check the Payroll Info Packet . Students are strongly discouraged from using personal funds to purchase items for laboratories and classrooms for which they will seek reimbursement. They should consult with their program coordinator or director for advice. We understand that purchases may arise that students have to pay for items and seek reimbursement. In the event that a purchase is made using student funds, reimbursements can only be made if a reimbursement request form is submitted to the MEMS Office no later than two weeks after the item purchased has been received. If the item is purchased less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year and has yet to be received, it will be reimbursed during the current fiscal year. Absolutely no reimbursements can be made across fiscal years (e.g. you cannot be reimbursed for an item in FY2021 for a purchase made/received in FY2020). Teaching Assistant PositionsAlong with research, assisting a faculty member in teaching a course is a rewarding part of graduate school. PhD students are required to TA two classes to graduate. TA’ing is optional for MS students. Available positions are emailed to all graduate students during registration period for the following semester. You should review the TA training resource here in advance of applying to be a TA in order to understand the expectations of the position. In order to streamline the matching process, TA assignments are performed centrally at the MEMS Department level and not by faculty. More details here:
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DissertationIt is recommended that the candidate meets with the dissertation committee regularly to keep the committee up-to-date of the dissertation research progress. It is expected that the final dissertation contains new methodology with contents roughly equivalent to three or more publishable research papers. Because of the review time (up to two years) involved for some statistical journals, the student will not be required to have the dissertation published prior to being approved. However, it is strongly encouraged that the student will have at least one draft statistical manuscript ready for submission by this time. Additionally, students are strongly encouraged to have one or more collaborative publications published or in press. Specific deadlines are indicated in the table below:
Preparation of Dissertation: Basic requirements for preparing and submitting the dissertation are prescribed in the “ Guide for Electronic Submission of Thesis and Dissertation ”. Application for Graduation: Candidate must apply to graduate in the DukeHub student center at least one month before the dissertation is presented and no later than the dates listed in the table above. This application should indicate the approved title of the dissertation and be approved by both the DGS and the dissertation advisor. Initial Dissertation Submission: Initial submission of electronic doctoral dissertation must submitted via UMI/ProQuest . This submission must take place at least two weeks before your oral final defense and no later than 5:00pm on the deadline dates indicated in the table above. Before initial submission, the dissertation advisor must receive a complete draft of your dissertation. The candidate must request the advisor to send an Advisor Letter (see sample letter in Guide for Electronic Submission of Thesis and Dissertation ) and the DGS to submit a Defense Announcement to be emailed to the Graduate School, with the student name as part of the subject line, to: [email protected] . The doctoral dissertation should normally be submitted and accepted within two calendar years after the preliminary examination is passed. Final Oral Defense : Procedures for the final oral defense have been modified. Updated information is available here . It is recommended that the candidate have their committee’s approval for the presentation of the final oral defense. At the end of the fourth (or fifth) year), the student will present their dissertation work orally in a public forum, advertised and open to other members of the department and university. Questions from both committee members and other members of the audience will follow the presentation and will serve as the student's final examination. Additional questioning may take place in an optional closed session attended only by the student and committee members. Afterward, the student will be dismissed so that the student's committee can deliberate and vote on whether to pass the student or to require additional work. The Director of Graduate Studies will send a notice of the time, place, date, student's name, title of dissertation, and names of the committee members to the Graduate School at least two weeks before the scheduled oral dissertation defense. Members of the doctoral committee must be given at least two weeks to read the dissertation prior to the defense. A committee finding that the candidate has passed or passed with minor revisions should sign the doctoral examination card, as well as title and abstract pages, with the understanding that the dissertation advisor sees and approves the revisions before the dissertation is submitted. The student has up to one month after the examination to make changes in the dissertation requested by the committee to the satisfaction of the dissertation advisor. If revisions are beyond what are considered “minor” by the committee, then the committee must withhold signature of the required documents until the dissertation advisor has approved the revisions. A candidate who has failed the final doctoral examination may be granted a re-examination on the recommendation of the supervising faculty member no sooner than six months after the date of the failed oral defense. After the defense, the dissertation committee's pass/fail decision will be recorded by the committee chair on an electronic exam card form. This form will be pre-populated by Graduate School staff and emailed directly from The Graduate School to the dissertation committee Chair and DGSA at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled defense. Students graduating in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 will not need to submit signed title pages or abstract title pages. Students will receive instructions regarding electronic submission of the advisor-approved embargo document in the email they receive from ProQuest after their initial submission has been reviewed by a TGS administrator. Graduating students must also complete the Survey of Earned Doctoral (SED), The Graduate School’s Exit Survey and the Duke Placement survey. Inquiries about how to complete these requirements should be addressed to The Graduate School. Final Submission of Dissertation : All defended, completed PhD dissertations must be submitted to UMI/ProQuest by 3:00pm on the deadline dates indicated in the table above. Additional Information may be found on the Graduate School website . ETD AvailabilityAfter you have submitted your electronic thesis or dissertation and The Graduate School has approved it, it will be available as follows:
Open access to your thesis or dissertation as described above does not affect your copyright or ownership of the content of your thesis or dissertation. Restricting Access to an ETD (Embargo)While open access is the default, you will be offered several options for restricting access (referred to as an embargo) when submitting your thesis or dissertation through ProQuest. These same embargoes will be applied to the copy made available through DukeSpace. Embargo options should be discussed with your adviser, and both the adviser and the thesis or dissertation author must sign the availability options section of the Nonexclusive Distribution License and Thesis/Dissertation Availability Agreement (PDF) . When to Consider an EmbargoSome scenarios when you might want to restrict access to your thesis or dissertation:
If you are planning to publish all or part of your thesis/dissertation and know that publishers in your field consider open access electronic thesis/dissertations to be a prior publication, you may want to consider an embargo or check on their open access policy before submitting your thesis or dissertation. For more information, see the ETD Availability page . Embargo LengthsDuke offers three embargo options: six months, one year, and two years. These options are available when you are uploading your PDF to ProQuest . The embargo period begins from the date The Graduate School approves your thesis or dissertation and lasts for the selected time period. If you select an embargo, your thesis or dissertation will not be available through DukeSpace or ProQuest until the end of the embargo period. The title, abstract, attribution information, and subject classification will be available during and after the embargo in DukeSpace and the Library catalog. Extending an embargo on DukeSpaceIf you choose to embargo your thesis or dissertation when you submit it, and if at any time during the embargo period you subsequently decide that you wish to extend the embargo on electronic access to your thesis or dissertation on DukeSpace, write a brief e-mail requesting an extension to The Graduate School's Office of Academic Affairs ( [email protected] ). Provide your full name, the title of your thesis or dissertation, your graduation date, and your e-mail address. Note that embargo extension requests should be initiated six weeks prior to the expiration of the existing embargo period. If you exercise an extension, open electronic access to your thesis or dissertation through DukeSpace will not be available until five years after your defense. Be aware that this does not affect your embargo selection with ProQuest (six months, one year, two years), which is a separate distribution contract between the author (you) and ProQuest. Paper copiesWhile the electronic copy is the official university copy kept by Duke University Libraries and University Archives, you still have several options if you, your family members, or your adviser would like a paper copy.
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The Graduate School [email protected] ProQuest Dissertations and Theses [email protected] IntroductionCongratulations; it's time to publish your work! Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by students in Duke Graduate School programs are submitted and managed via ProQuest. Graduate School policy requires all ETDs be made publicly available in both ProQuest and DukeSpace. Availability in DukeSpace versus ProquestOnce ETDs receive final approval, they are made available via the ProQuest Dissertation and Theses database . PDFs and data are then uploaded to DukeSpace by the end of the following semester. This means that your ETD will always be available in ProQuest before it is available in DukeSpace . Any embargo release date applied in ProQuest will be the same in DukeSpace. For more information on the Graduate School timeline and process for submitting ETDs, visit their Theses and Dissertations guide . The maximum embargo for any thesis or dissertation is five years. Initial embargoes of six, twelve, or twenty-four months are applied to ETDs during the ProQuest submission process. Duke Graduate School policy mandates that the embargo period must be the same for both ProQuest and DukeSpace.
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At least 30 days before your defense: Confirm or update your defense committee. Give your thesis/dissertation to your advisor for inspection, and prompt your advisor to send a letter to [email protected] stating that it is complete and ready to defend. Note: For students in School of Medicine Ph.D. programs, their advisor letters are ...
Dissertation Defense. Your dissertation defense could be scheduled as early as the end of your fifth year, though it is more customary to be held at the end of your sixth year. An "Intention to Receive Degree" form must be filed prior to scheduling the defense. Be sure to schedule your defense well in advance, and work with the DGSA to make ...
Ph.D. candidates and master's candidates writing a thesis: Before The Graduate School can release your examination certificate, we must receive an advisor letter and a defense announcement via e-mail ([email protected]). The advisor letter must be sent by your advisor and needs to state that they have read your dissertation or thesis and ...
The Duke Graduate School has rigid rules regarding the thesis, final defense and graduation. These are best understood described in reverse chronological order, starting from the successful conclusion of graduate school: The Ph.D. degree is officially conferred at one of only three official graduation dates: May (after the spring semester)
The letter must be received 30 days before the scheduled defense. Please cc the DGS and DGSA ([email protected]). Prepare Dissertation utilizing Duke Graduate School Thesis and Dissertations formatting requirements. (Link to templates including LaTex) Confirm your committee with the DGSA at least 30 days prior to the dissertation defense.
Request an Advisor Letter stating that your dissertation/thesis is complete and ready to defend. The Advisor Letter should be sent by your advisor as a PDF on department letterhead to The Graduate School using the email address: [email protected]. A sample Advisor Letter is available at the end of this guide.
Here is the set of guidelines that The Graduate School's Office of Academic Affairs sent to students with upcoming defenses: All dissertation, thesis and non-thesis master's exams and presentations should be by remote participation of the student and the committee. If there is a public component to a defense, such as a seminar, guests must ...
A public copy of thesis is put in the department lounge. If someone is going to participate remotely then contact Jenny Hirtz who will notify the graduate school. The remote person will be sent a form on which they can record their vote. Step 4. The Thesis Defense The deadline dates for holding this are April 6, 2015 for May 2015
The Graduate School Bulletin states that "A student who fails the final examination may be allowed to take it a second time, but no earlier than six months from the date of the first examination. Permission to take the second examination must be obtained from the professor who directed the dissertation and from the Dean of the Graduate School.
MSS Thesis Defense Process . Updated September 2020 . 1. Thesis Committee: Each MSS students defending a thesis will have a thesis committee of ... In all cases, all committee members must be current members of the Graduate Faculty of Duke University. a. The student must provide a thesis proposal (not more than 2 pages) and the names of
The dissertation must meet the standards of the Graduate Program in Religion and the Graduate School of Duke University. Doctoral dissertations ordinarily run 90,000 to 100,000 words including notes and bibliography. For information about the format specified by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, see Guide for the Preparation of Theses ...
An ETD is an openly-accessible electronic version of your thesis or dissertation that will be kept by Duke University Libraries instead of a bound paper copy. The transition to ETDs is a cooperative effort between The Graduate School and the library. All the information presented here comes from these two sources and represents the official ...
Here you will find some of the tasks that needs to be done before the defense. ... Two weeks before the dissertation exam the advisor needs to send a notice to the graduate school telling if the dissertation is ready to defend. ... Duke Teaching Observatory; Directions & Maps; Our History. 1924 to 1945; 1946 to 1962; 1963 to 1985;
Per Graduate School guidelines, committees must be a minimum of three members of the graduate faculty, there must always be at least two members from the CMAC faculty, and one Minor Area Representative (MAR) on the student's committee. The committee approval form must be approved by the Graduate School at least 30 days prior to the first day ...
Outside of Duke. Obtain by requesting through Interlibrary Requests; Online: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Duke login required) Theses or dissertations written by students at non-American schools: contact the subject librarian for the region. Submitting a Thesis or Dissertation. Find policies and procedures on The Graduate School site; For ...
The Graduate School deadlines for graduation can be found here. Review the full Guide for the Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations and the Exam Card Procedure. PhD Dissertation Defense. When preparing for your PhD dissertation, it is very important that you follow all of The Graduate School's policies and procedures to ensure that the publication of your research adheres to Duke ...
After the defense, the dissertation committee's pass/fail decision will be recorded by the committee chair on an electronic exam card form. This form will be pre-populated by Graduate School staff and emailed directly from The Graduate School to the dissertation committee Chair and DGSA at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled defense.
After you have submitted your electronic thesis or dissertation and The Graduate School has approved it, it will be available as follows: The full text will be openly available in DukeSpace, Duke University Libraries' digital repository, at a unique, permanent URL. A description will appear in the library catalog, with a link to the text in DukeSpace.
The maximum embargo for any thesis or dissertation is five years. Initial embargoes of six, twelve, or twenty-four months are applied to ETDs during the ProQuest submission process. Duke Graduate School policy mandates that the embargo period must be the same for both ProQuest and DukeSpace.
In a letter to the Graduate School, the adviser will indicate that the thesis is ready for defense. The student is responsible for asking the DMSA to announce the thesis defense. The defense takes place no less than one week after the student has submitted the thesis to the Graduate School and has presented copies to the faculty committee members.
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What are your group's dissertation defense traditions? Keller group Sarah L. Keller, Duane and Barbara LaViolette Endowed Professor of Chemistry: One year, on a lark, I made a cake that illustrated a graduate student's research project and used it as a visual aid during my introduction of their dissertation defense. Somehow, the next couple of students' projects also lent themselves to ...
degree candidates. During your graduating semester, the Graduate School must have approved your thesis or dissertation by the final day for adding a class in the semester of graduation. See the Graduate Calendar. Submit your document . at least . a week prior to the last day to add classes in order to provide the editor
After the thesis committee gives its approval for the student to write up the thesis, the defense is scheduled. The final thesis committee consists of the mentor, the three thesis committee members and one additional examiner. If the additional examiner is from outside the university, they have to be approved by the Program and the Dissertation ...
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In addition, we cooperate with the Texas Tech University Law School to offer a joint Master of Science/Doctor of Jurisprudence (M.S./J.D.) degree. ... of Science program in Agricultural and Applied Economics consists of a minimum of 30 hours of graduate credit for the M.S. thesis option, and 36 hours of graduate credit for the M.S. non-thesis ...
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The Bologna process describes a collaboration of countries from Europe to Central Asia, where state actors and institutions work towards system convergence in higher education and define an international common space of education policy. This thesis provides a critical reflection on international higher education policymaking and reform implementation through the lens of the Russian engagement ...
After the thesis committee gives its approval for a student to write their thesis, the defense is scheduled. The final thesis committee consists of the mentor, the three thesis committee members, and one additional outside examiner. If the additional examiner is from outside the university, s/he has to be approved by the Program and the ...