Thesis and Dissertation Procedures

The purpose of the thesis or dissertation is to show evidence of the graduate student's development as a consumer of research and knowledge. The process of writing a thesis or dissertation starts very early -at the point of writing a proposal. Several graduate programs have formatting guidelines and thesis timelines of their own. It is important that students are mindful of these program-specific policies. Where those guidelines are more exacting than the ones listed here, and where a program’s deadlines are earlier than the ones listed here, those program-specific guidelines/timelines take precedence. 

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Fall 2013 Thesis and Dissertation Info. Session Overview:

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     Important Reminders

     Digital Commons directions  

    Osprey Update directions

Fall 2013 Deadlines

Sept. 13 - Deadline to apply for Fall graduation

Sept. 24 - Thesis and Dissertation Info. Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 4 p.m.

Sept. 26 - Thesis and Dissertation Info. Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 10 a.m.

Sept. 27 – Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership Form submission deadline

Sept. 30 - Thesis and Dissertation Info. Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 10 a.m.

Oct. 2 - Thesis and Dissertation Info. Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 4 p.m.

Nov. 15 – Deadline to defend Thesis/ Dissertation for Fall 2013 graduates (Osprey Update announcement must be submitted prior to the defense)

Dec. 2 – Fall 2013 Thesis/Dissertation due to the Graduate School 

Spring 2014 Deadlines

Jan. 24 - Deadline to Apply for Spring Graduation (application is submitted through myWings)

Jan. 30 - Information Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, building 1, room 2002, 4 p.m.

Feb. 2 - Information Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, building 1, room 2002, 4 p.m.

Feb. 5 - Information Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, building 1, room 2002, 12 p.m.

Feb. 7 - Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership Form submission deadline

Feb. 11 - Information Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, building 1, room 2002, 12 p.m.

March 28 - Deadline to defend Thesis/Dissertation for Spring 2014 graduates (Osprey Update announcement must be submitted by your committee chair or designee at least 10 days prior to the defense)

April 11 - Spring 2014 Thesis and Dissertation due to the Graduate School  (Please click here for important information about your final submission)

Summer 2014 Deadlines

May 30 - Deadline to apply for summer graduation (application is submitted through myWings)

June 13 - Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership for due to the Graduate School

July 4 - Deadline to defend thesis/dissertation for summer 2014 graduates (Osprey Update announcement must be submitted by the committee chair or designee at least 10 days prior to the defense)

July 18 - Summer 2014 deadline to submit theses and dissertations to the Graduate School. (Please click here for important information about your final submission)

UNF Digital Commons

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