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If your program requires completing a thesis as your culminating experience, you must schedule and hold a defense. The results of your defense must be recorded on the official Pass/Fail form by your committee. Please refer to the "defenses" tab for more information on this process.
Your culminating experience will be monitored by your academic unit. Results will be reported to the Graduate College via the iPOS system.
If your program requires completing a dissertation (or equivalent for specific degrees) as your culminating experience, you must schedule and hold a defense. The results of your defense must be recorded on the official Pass/Fail form by your committee. Please refer to the "defenses" tab for more information on this process.
Prior to defending your dissertation you must reach candidacy, meaning all milestones (written, oral, foreign language and prospectus) have been successfully completed and reported to the Graduate College by your academic unit via the iPOS system, and you have received your candidacy letter.
Your culminating experience will be monitored by your academic unit. Results will be reported to the Graduate College via the iPOS system.
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