Step One: The Proposal

Upon submission of your thesis or dissertation proposal, a Thesis or Dissertation Committee Membership Form must be submitted to The Graduate School. The form should be downloaded, completed, and submitted to The Graduate School either electronically as a PDF file to graduateschool@unf.edu or as a hardcopy to The Graduate School’s office. The form must be signed by the student, committee chair, Graduate Program Director, and Department Chair. If your committee changes, you must submit a change form to The Graduate School.   If a non-Graduate Faculty member will be on your Thesis or Dissertation Committee, your department must complete a Request for Non-Graduate Faculty Thesis/Dissertation Committee Member.  This form must be submitted to the Graduate School with your Thesis or Dissertation Committee Membership Form.

Beginning Fall 2013, The Thesis or Dissertation Committee Membership Form is due to The Graduate School two weeks after the deadline for submitting your graduation application.

IRB – Institutional Review Board  
IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee 

If proposed research for any thesis or dissertation is subject to the federal regulations pertaining to research involving either human or animal subjects, review by the UNF Institutional Review Board (IRB) and/or UNF Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) must be obtained prior to beginning such research. The measures taken to ensure the protection of human and/or animal subjects should be explicitly addressed in the researcher's discussion of methodology when applicable.

Your Thesis or Dissertation Director can advise you on whether your project requires IRB or IACUC review.

Checklist

❏ The Thesis or Dissertation Committee Membership Form has been downloaded and filled out.

❏ The form have been signed by both the student, the Thesis or Dissertation Chair, Graduate Program Director, and Department Chair.

❏ The Request for Non-Graduate Faculty Thesis/Dissertation Committee Member form (if applicable).

❏ The form has been submitted to the Graduate School, either electronically or as a hard copy.