Thesis Defence Timeline

  Action Description
Step 1 Formation of Supervisory Committee

Submit Supervisor & Student Expectation Agreement (SSEA)

Submit Supervisory Committee Member for Exception to Policy, if needed (see Thesis Supervisory Committee Policy)

Step 2 Three months prior to anticipated defence Submit Nominations for External Readers (NER) (see Thesis Examining Committee Policy)
Step 3 Six weeks prior to defence date Submit Supervisory Committee Approval – Master’s Thesis (SCA-MT)
Step 4 Submission of final thesis for graduation See Thesis Guidebook and Important Dates for more information.
Step 5 Graduation Students with published theses are eligible for graduation.