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 ...

This workshop covers the submission process for format review and demonstrates how to use the automated templates to format MSU theses and dissertations to the requirements set forth in "The standards ...

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 ...

Note: The following guidelines are for use within the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB). They are congruent with School of Graduate studies guidelines. It is important to note that all PhD ...

In order to have your degree awarded in any given semester, the thesis or dissertation, with the Thesis Approval Form attached as a supplemental file, must be submitted by the published deadline. Your ...

All PhD and professional doctoral degree students and master's thesis option students must follow the Electronic Forms (eForms) process for tracking their program progression and milestones through ...

After completion of a dissertation, the student is required to discuss it and defend it to the Graduate Advisory Committee. Consult the University Catalog for information about the required ...