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Thesis Policy
Each term a student is registered for CIS 6970: Thesis, the student will submit a progress report either as a paper
copy or by email, to be signed off/acknowledged by the thesis andvisor and thesis committee members. The signed/acknowledged
report is to be copied to the Graduate Director of the School of Computing main office. The report is to be submitted whether or
not the student is making substantial progress or has yet to submit the Graduate School Proposal Filing Form (filed after
approval of the thesis prospectus by the student's thesis committee). Failure to submit a report will result in a grade of F.
When the student's thesis committee has approved a thesis prospectus for the student, normally presented to the committee
during the first term enrolled in CIS 6970: Thesis, the student must submit the Graduate School Proposal Filing Form to the
UNF Graduate School. The form is available on-line from the Graduate School.
Thesis work is subject to submission for plagiarism review. The report from any such submission will be made available to:
- Student
- Thesis advisor
- Graduate Director
- School Director.
The final draft of a thesis write-up, formatted as specified in the
School of Computing Thesis Guidelines
and observing commonly accepted standards for technical writing, is due on the day presented.
The paper submitted must be accompanied by a signed
Editorial Certification Form
for it to be reviewed by the School of Computing staff and the University administrators whose names appear on the signature page.
A signed editorial certification form does not assure that the paper will clear subsequent review.
Once a paper has cleared the review process, the student will be notified by the School of Computing Office to proceed with printing
final copies on paper approved for archive and binding. If there are minor errata present in the paper, the School of Computing Office
will also inform the student of these so that they can be corrected before printing.
Students who submit a thesis write-up after the deadline should not expect to graduate until a subsequent term.
Any reviewer may return a paper for correction of deficiencies with the write-up; for example, grammatical problems,
content problems such as failure to properly cite sources, or failure to observe formatting specifications.
Papers with significant deficiencies are unlikely to be reviewed in their entirety. Papers with deficiencies will be
returned to the thesis adviser who will contact the student regarding the needed corrections.
Once corrected and re-submitted, the paper will be re-entered in the review process (at the end of the queue) as a
late submission, with graduation likely delayed until a subsequent term.
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