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.
Summer 2013 Deadlines
June 10 - Deadline to apply for Summer graduation
June 11 - Thesis and Dissertation Information Session, J.J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 11 a.m.
June 19 - Thesis and Dissertation Information Session, J. J. Daniel Hall, Room 2002, 4 p.m.
August 2 - Summer 2013 Commencement
August 9 – Summer 2013 Thesis/Dissertation due to The Graduate School
Fall 2013 Deadlines
September 13 - Deadline to apply for Fall graduation
September 27 – Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership Form submission deadline
November 15 – Deadline to defend Thesis/ Dissertation for Fall 2013 graduates
December 2 – Fall 2013 Thesis/Dissertation due to The Graduate School
Spring 2014
January 24 - Deadline to Apply for Spring Graduation
February 7 - Thesis/Dissertation Committee Membership Form submission deadline
March 28 - Deadline to defend Thesis/Dissertation for Spring 2014 graduates
April 11 - Spring 2014 Thesis and Dissertation due to The Graduate School
UNF Digital Commons
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