1. Read the Ph.D. Thesis Regulations and
Format Guide.
2. Write your thesis.
In the term of your defense ...
When you pass your defense ...
Finalize your ETD
Checklist of ETD parts
Create presentation format (PDF)
Submit ETD
Complete paperwork for graduation
In the term of your defense ...
Obtain the
following forms from the Graduate Office before your exam:
-Petition for Examination
-University
Microfilms, Inc. Agreement Form
-Survey of Earned Doctorates
-Calendar
Deadlines
-Proofreader Agreement
-Athenaeum Termination
-Forwarding Address Form
-Ph.D. Thesis Guidelines -- particularly pages 11-13.
When you pass your defense...
The
final, corrected thesis must be submitted to the Office of the Dean of
Graduate Studies by the fifth week of the succeeding term if the candidate
defended his or her thesis during the previous summer or the first and
second terms; or two weeks before the degree is to be conferred if the
candidate defended during the month of May.
Finalize your ETD
1. Make the changes to your ETD as your committee requested.
2. Have your committee sign the Thesis Approval
Form.
Checklist of ETD parts
* Have you included your VITA?
* Have you checked your PDF file for missing pages, poor font translation, and other anomalies?
* Are all internal and external multimedia objects and files present when you submit?
* Have you included a Table of Contents and a list of each multimedia object type?
* Have you checked that all your pages are numbered correctly?
Make the PDF file
Use Adobe Acrobat to generate PDF from Word. Adobe Acrobat is
installed on select ITS workstations and workstations throughout the Caltech
Library System.
Use PDFTeX to generate
PDF from TeX.
Complete paperwork for graduation
Survey of Earned Doctorate form;
UMI Doctoral Dissertation Agreement form
