Defense

In order to graduate in May, students must defend by end of March; to graduate in August, students must defend by the end of May; to graduate in December, students must defend by the end of October. This means that a final draft of the dissertation must be submitted to the examining committee at least six weeks before the defense, with the approval of the dissertation committee. The defense is conducted by the three faculty members on the student’s dissertation committee, joined by one other member of the English Department and an evaluator outside the Department.  The final, revised draft of the thesis sis submitted electronically.

English Department Graduate Handbook, updated Fall 2015 (PDF)