Before you can write a dissertation, you must write a dissertation proposal. How to do that is worth a closer look. In my July 24 column, “It’s a Dissertation, Not a Book,” I emphasized the importance ...
Visit the ETD Administrator website to begin the ETD submission process. An ETD is an electronic version of a thesis or dissertation. The ETD is formatted like a traditional paper thesis or ...
What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...
The dissertation proposal and the specialty exam serve different purposes and should be viewed as separate activities, even though often executed concurrently. The dissertation proposal marks the ...
The Francis College of Engineering, Department of Energy Engineering - Renewable, invites you to attend a Doctoral Dissertation Proposal defense by Sai Bhargav Annavajjala on: "Thermofluid and ...
The Department of Sociology at Western Michigan University follows all of the Graduate College policies regarding the doctoral dissertation procedures. The doctoral dissertation: Is an unpublished ...
Your dissertation gives you an opportunity to write a substantial piece of academic work on a topic of interest to you. It is an opportunity to produce a work of scholarship, using the academic skills ...
Students who have enrolled in dissertation or thesis credits will prepare a manuscript to publish through ProQuest/UMI Dissertation Publishing. You own and retain the copyright to your manuscript. The ...
Navigating college, particularly at the postgraduate level, can be challenging. With over half of these students feeling considerable stress concerning their dissertations and nearly a third actively ...
*Updated as of Jan. 6, 2026: Since the Spring 2026 dissertation deadline to hold the defense lands during Spring Break, we modified the dissertation deadlines for Spring 2026 in an effort to make the ...
To increase transparency on degree planning/coursework and dissertation hour enrollment To streamline dissertation hour enrollment (the MSE staff graduate advisor must sign you up for dissertation ...
Your dissertation gives you an opportunity to write a substantial piece of academic work on a topic of interest to you. It is an opportunity to produce a work of scholarship, using the academic skills ...