Thesis, Scholarly Research Project and Dissertation Checklist
Important Reminders
- All Â鶹´«Ã½ communication regarding your degree must come through your Â鶹´«Ã½ Bear Mail account.
- Please check the graduate graduation deadlines.
- If you are planning to leave Â鶹´«Ã½ before graduation, please make sure to finish any Graduate School business before you leave.
- All graduation applications need to be fully completed. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
- Doctoral students and educational specialists: Please make sure your Plan of Study is filed with the Graduate School by the end of the first semester of enrollment after admission.
- If you need to fill out a form, please visit the Graduate School forms page.
Non-Thesis Master’s
- Submit the .
- Make sure your program has submitted results of comps to the Graduate School by the published deadline.
Thesis Master’s
- Submit the .
- Thesis format check: You may schedule an appointment with Carol.Steward@unco.edu. Please allow 15-30 minutes.
- Confirm that your thesis committee chair has reported results of comps and/or defense of thesis in lieu of comps or equivalent to the Graduate School by the published deadline.
- Final review: Prior to the deadline, email the following documents to Carol.Steward@unco.edu from your Â鶹´«Ã½ email. All committee signatures must be obtained prior to submission of thesis.
- Verification of Research Subject Compliance form with signatures from you and your research advisor
- IRB or IACUC Approval
- Thesis, Scholarly Project or Dissertation Processing Form
- Signed signature pages: Two originals with hand-written signatures for the Graduate School.
- After all documents are received, it will be 2-3 weeks to complete your review. There is a limit of three reviews per student per semester.
- After Graduate School approval, you will receive final instructions from Carol Steward.
Doctoral Scholarly Project: Audiology and Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Submit the .
- Format check: You may schedule an appointment with Carol.Steward@unco.edu. Please allow 15-30 minutes.
- Confirm that your committee Research Advisor has reported results of the defense of your Doctoral Scholarly Project to the Graduate School by the published deadline.
- Final review: Prior to the deadline, email the following documents to Carol.Steward@unco.edu from your Â鶹´«Ã½ email. All committee signatures must be obtained prior to submission of your scholarly
research project.
- Verification of Research Subject Compliance form with signatures from you and your research advisor
- IRB or IACUC Approval
- Thesis, Scholarly Project or Dissertation Processing Form
- Signed signature pages: Two originals with hand-written signatures for the Graduate School.
- After all documents are received, it will be 2-3 weeks to complete your review. There is a limit of three reviews per student per semester.
After Graduate School approval, you will receive final instructions from Carol Steward.
Doctoral Dissertation
- Submit a Request to Appoint a Doctoral Committee to the Graduate School. Once it has been appointed, the student and committee members will receive a letter through Â鶹´«Ã½ email.
- Required Steps in Doctoral Candidacy:
- Pass the Written Comprehensive Exam. The program generates a form to send results to the Graduate School.
- Oral Comprehensive Exam: Schedule using the Request to Schedule a Doctoral Examination form at least two weeks prior to the requested date (allow time to make changes or address committee concerns).
- The Graduate School will send the results form to the committee research advisor.
- Pass oral comprehensive exam. Committee Research Advisor sends results to the Graduate School within one semester. (Results form must originate from the Graduate School.)
- Discuss with the Research Advisor which publication style manual you are going to use to write your dissertation.
- Proposal: Submit a committee-approved proposal to the Graduate School from your Â鶹´«Ã½ email address along with the following Dissertation
Proposal Requirements:
- A digital copy of your proposal in a MS Word or PDF file may be turned in by email or on a flash drive.
- Verification of Research Subject Compliance form signed by you and Research Advisor (even if you do not need to go through the IRB or IACUC, we need this form).
- IRB or IACUC Approval
- Signed signature page
- Candidacy Letter will be emailed to student's Bear Mail and a copy will be sent to the committee Research Advisor.
- Upon being admitted to candidacy, the Graduate School will complete and email a Grad Check to the student through student's Bear Mail.
- Submit the .
- Dissertation Defense is scheduled using the Request to Schedule a Doctoral Examination form at least two weeks prior to the requested date. Once approved, it will be scheduled
on the .
- Format check: You may schedule an appointment with Carol.Steward@unco.edu. Please allow 15-30 minutes.
- Confirm that your committee Research Advisor has reported the results of the defense of your Dissertation Defense to the Graduate School by the published deadline.
- Final review: Prior to the deadline, email the following documents to Carol.Steward@unco.edu from your Â鶹´«Ã½ email. All committee signatures must be obtained prior to submission of dissertation.
- Verification of Research Subject Compliance form with signatures from you and your research advisor
- IRB or IACUC Approval
- Thesis, Scholarly Project or Dissertation Processing Form
- After all documents are received, it will be 2-3 weeks to complete your review. There is a limit of three reviews per student per semester.
- After Graduate School approval of your dissertation, you will receive final instructions from Carol Steward that include uploading your final document to and (formerly Digital Â鶹´«Ã½).
Educational Specialist
- Submit the .