Graduate Policies and Procedures governing the Doctoral Dissertation. 

Graduate Policies and Procedures governing the Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense. 

Instructions, Dates & Deadline, and Required Forms for Oral Defense and submission of the Doctoral Dissertation.

Guidelines for Successfully Scheduling & Completing your Dissertation (OGS)

PhD Prospectus Approval Form

• Graduation & Oral Defense Information (including instructions, deadlines, and required forms) accessible online.
• Master's Degree Requirements (including Master's Thesis and Oral Defense) accessible in the Graduate Bulletin.
• Doctoral Degree Requirements (including Doctoral Disseration and Oral Defense) acessible in the Graduate Bulletin.

Thesis or Dissertation Binding Order

Students interested in completing an Independent Study (INTS/PPOL 4991) or a Substantial Research Paper (INTS 4996) should speak directly to the permanent faculty (aka instructor) they are requesting.  Please note there is no requirement for a faculty member to participate in an independent study.  So, make sure your requested permanent faculty has agreed prior to submitting any paperwork.  Permanent faculty may agree to as many or as few independent study requests as they wish.  

If approved, the student will use the Application for Independent Study, Directed Study and Independent Research form in order to register for the credits.  The permanent faculty will sign as the instructor and the Degree Director will sign off as the advisor.  Both signatures are required before submitting this to the Office of Regsitrar (registrar@du.edu)

The complete details and policies for both SRPs and Independent Studies in your appropriate Handbook.

Graduate Policies and Procedures governing Master's Thesis. 

Graduate Policies and Procedures governing Master's Thesis Oral Defense. 

For more information about MA Thesis guidelines and how to regsiter, please consult the "Thesis" section of your desiganted JKSIS Master's Handbook, accessible here. 

The Policy Memo is the capstone project for students in the Master of Public Policy program. 

MPP policy memo guidelines.pdf

Guidelines for Successfully Scheduling & Completing your Thesis (OGS - 02-17-15)