Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

Before completion of a doctoral degree, you must have your dissertation accepted for defense by your review committee. The dissertation defense may occur before or after the final electronic ...

Early in my career, I sat on a doctoral committee in a field outside my discipline for the first time. I recall being startled at the dissertation defense when professors in the young man’s department ...

A senior defense is an opportunity for you to share your thesis with your advisor, secondary advisor and reader(s). The purpose of a defense is to celebrate your work, reflect upon your creative and ...

After completing the research proposal successfully, the PhD in Computer Science candidate must conduct the necessary research and publish the results in a PhD dissertation. The dissertation must be ...

Proposal must be at least one year before the final defense, since this shows the feasibility of the project and the committee’s buy in. Needs to be addressed in the yearly meeting with student.

The final examination for a Ph.D. candidate is an oral defense which includes a presentation of the student's thesis research and is followed immediately by a meeting with the student's thesis ...