Your advisor and all defense committee members should sign the Graduate College Exam Report Form.
Once your advisor receives your official paperwork for the defense from the MSCS Graduate Studies office, you or your advisor should email all committee members to remind them of the date, time, and location of the exam.
Contact the Assistant to the Head of MSCS to reserve a room (two hours) for your thesis defense.
Be sure to complete and submit the iThenticate report form as laid out in the iThenticate review instructions.
Process your thesis through iThenticate, the university’s anti-plagiarism engine.
The Committee Recommendation Form MUST be typed, or it will be returned by the Graduate College. Print the form, obtain your advisor’s signature, attach a copy of the outside member’s curriculum vitae, and submit to the MSCS Graduate Studies office. You must include the title of your paper, and this title CANNOT be changed once the Committee Recommendation form is submitted.
Submit a completed Committee Recommendation form to the Graduate Studies Office at least 30 days PRIOR to the defense date.
If you use this option please make sure to test your connection before the day of your defense. A committee member can Skype into the defense if travel is not feasible.
Contact your thesis advisor to identify defense committee members and finalize the date of the thesis defense.
Review the Defense Committee Composition Guidelines.
File an Intent to Graduate at your my.uic.edu account.
REMEMBER: YOU MUST BE REGISTERED THE SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU PLAN TO DEFEND.
Students must be enrolled during the term in which they plan to defend and graduate, unless they defend within the first ten days of the semester (five days in summer).Īt the start of the semester in which you plan to defend
ITHENTICATE REPORT FORM UIC REGISTRATION
Review registration requirements for defending students.
Review the Graduate College Electronic Thesis Procedures, UIC Thesis Style files, and the Thesis Manual.
Confirm deadlines for filing the Intent to Graduate and for submitting the approved and defended thesis in the academic calendar for your desired graduation term.
Send Associate Director of Graduate Studies your final degree checklist to confirm that all degree requirements have been met.
Contact three (3) or more faculty to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf, and submit to Math Jobs.
One year must elapse between passing doctoral candidacy requirements and the defense of the dissertation.