GSBS Dissertation and Thesis Guide: Timeline

• Submit Form 40: Request for Final Defense and Oral Examination to GSBS Dean's Office
  • Must include signatures of Supervising Committee members
• Attach 3 copies of Abstract and Vita (stapled together)
• Schedule final defense date
• Reserve room with Academic Room Scheduling
• Email Dr. Nicquet Blake providing defense date (blaken@uthscsa.edu)
• Upload draft dissertation/thesis to ProQuest/ETD website

• Defend your dissertation or thesis, allow time for revisions
• After Defense, submit Form 41 (MS candidates) or Form 43 (Ph.D. candidates)
  • Must be submitted with original signatures at least 5 days prior to the Graduate Faculty Council, which is scheduled on the second Friday of each month
• Request signatures on Approval Page from all Supervisory Committee members

Submit the following

• Upload Final electronic version of dissertation or thesis to ProQuest/ETD website
• Submit signed Approval Page with original signatures to GSBS Dean's Office for approval by Dean
• Complete online Survey of Earned Doctorates (required of Ph.D. students). Completion Certificate will be

• Graduate Faculty Council (GFC) meets
• Committee on Graduate Studies chairperson will report on the outcome of your defense
• You will be recommended as qualified to received the degree