Each quarter, graduate students will turn in their projects or theses to the Graduate Studies Office before they graduate. In no case will a degree be awarded or diploma issued unless all copies of the complete, approved thesis or project have been submitted by the specified deadline to the Graduate Studies Office (this does not apply to projects for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Engineering).
Checking a thesis or project
The Graduate Studies Office performs a final review of your work after the Library has completed format review. The Graduate Studies Office will check for:
- Library format reviewer signature on binding
instructions form
- Spine title is less than or equal to 45 spaces
- Indication of where copies will be sent (student copies should be labelled as "student/personal copy" and are sent to the department)
- Title and signature page on each copy. Each copy should state and match with each other in regards to the paper being a thesis or project.
- At least one copy should have original signatures.
- Two copies should be on 25% cotton, 20 pound paper
- Each copy should be separated by a colorful sheet of paper or divider
- The project or thesis should be in a tightly fitted box
At this point:
- Graduate Studies will fill out Thesis/Project Binding Order Form, according to the prices listed
- Student is to take the Thesis/Project Binding Order Form to the cashier's
office to pay for the binding fees
- Student should come back to the Graduate Studies Office with the receipt from the cashier's office
- The pink copy of the Thesis/Project Binding Order Form is given to the student along with a copy of the binding instructions form as a record of submission
The Graduate Studies Office is responsible for sending the students' projects
and theses to the bindery. Approximately for to six weeks later, the bindery
will send back the bound copies. The Graduate Studies Office then sends out
the bound projects/theses to the Library and the departments. Student
copies are delivered to the students' department.
