Helpful Hints for Submitting Your Thesis & Dissertation!
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THESES AND DISSERTATIONS TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IS TWO WEEKS BEFORE GRADUATION OF EACH SEMESTER. EARLY SUBMISSIONS ARE ENCOURAGED AND WELCOMED!
- Make sure you use 1.5" left margins throughout the document. All other margins - 1" exept the first page of each chapter - 2" top margin.
- Components should be placed according to the following order:
Title Page
*Copyright Page
Signature Page
Fair Use and Duplication Release Form
Abstract (begin page numbering with this page)
Table of Contents
*List of Figures or Illustrations (use if you have 3 or more figures)
*List of Tables (use if you have 3 or more tables)
*Preface
*Acknowledgments
*Dedication
Body of Text and Nontext Elements
Endnotes/Footnotes/Text References
Bibliography/Reference List
*Appendix/Appendices
*Autobiographical Statement
Items with asterisks (*) are optional. - Have you successfully defended your thesis? If so, your committee chair will need to notify the Graduate School of this information in writing (memo or e-mail).
- If you needed IRB approval for your research, include a copy of your approval form in the appendices. Be sure to mention your appendices in your chapters!
- As for signature pages, be sure to bring all signed pages when you submit your final draft to the Graduate School. [Teresa would be happy to review your signature page beforehand - just send as an attachment to twilliam@valdosta.edu.]
- Current Graduate School interim dean's information for the signature page: Karla M. Hull, Ed.D. (next line) Professor of Special Education [Note: titles should be written as either Ed.D. or EDD; Ph.D. or PHD - no spaces between letters and periods.]
- Pay your binding fee at the Bursary. (The binding fee form can be printed from the link below.) Give a copy of the paid form to Teresa!
- For those that report results of research findings, there should be a space before and after each = , <, or > sign used in chapters and tables.
- After the Graduate School reviews your thesis or dissertation, and you make changes for us (if any), then you will be responsible for making enough copies to be bound - take them to the Acquisitions Office in the Library after inserting all original sig. pages. Take your binding fee form (marked paid by the Bursary) as well.
- Library Binding Fee Form (PDF format)
- UMI Abstract processing Form (For doctoral students only)
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCHOLARLY CONDUCT
VSU expects all students to meet high standards of academic conduct, and this is particularly true of graduate students. Graduate students have been through the experience of completing undergraduate degree programs, and they should be familiar with the expected standards of conduct within academe. Some of the key principles relating to these standards are found in the Thesis and Dissertation Guide (see above). Students may also consult individual program standards.