Thesis Process: Student

Step One: Appointment of Thesis Committee

• The Appointment of Thesis Committee form can be found on The Graduate School web page,
  under Thesis and Dissertation Center > Forms.
• Minimum of 3 committee members; all should have the proper Graduate Faculty Membership:
  • Graduate Research Faculty
  • Visiting Graduate Faculty
• You or your chair can check the Graduate Credentialing website to review the Graduate Faculty
  Membership information.
• UT Tyler employee (not the student) submits completed form to GradForms@uttyler.edu for review.
• GradForms@uttyler.edu will notify you and your thesis chair of approval of Thesis Committee.

Step Two: Notice of Oral Defense

• We request that the details of your thesis defense be sent to GradForms@uttyler.edu so that we
  may create an invitation.
• GradForms@uttyler.edu will then:
  • Send out a detailed thesis defense invitation to thesis chair, student, and all full-time
    Faculty
  • Promote the Thesis Defense on social media page(s) and The Graduate School section of
    Patriots Engage

Step Three: Submission of Thesis Manuscript to The Graduate School

• After the successful thesis defense:
  • Thesis manuscript is submitted to thesis committee members for physical signatures.
  • Thesis manuscript, with signed signature page, is submitted to
    GradManuscripts@uttyler.edu (faculty member may submit on behalf of student but
    student must be cc’d).
  • GradManuscripts@uttyler.edu will send electronic manuscript to the reviewer and will
    correspond with student via email.
  • Student should check email for revisions; initial submission does not indicate approval of
    manuscript/graduation.
  • It is the student’s responsibility to address any needed corrections in a timely manner to
    ensure corrections are made in time to graduate for their desired semester.
  • Pay close attention to the instructions online regarding formatting/submission guidelines.

Step Four: Approval of Thesis Manuscript

• Once student receives email of approved thesis manuscript:
  • Electronic Thesis Submission Information, including Rights Management and Access
    Information, will be emailed.
  • Student must upload their approved manuscript to Scholar Works (instructions are emailed
    with the approval paperwork).

Step Five: Thesis Manuscript Submission to the Institutional Repository

• After the submission to the Institutional Repository (Scholar Works):
  • The student will receive two emails from Scholar Works – the first confirms that the
    submission was received, and the second confirms that the manuscript has been accepted
  • Students will forward the accepted email to gradmanuscripts@uttyler.edu and we will
    update the student’s myUTTyler account so that the student may receive their degree
  • The degree cannot be conferred until the student forwards their successful submission
    email to GradManuscripts@uttyler.edu. Failure to forward their successful submission
    email may result in deferral of graduation to the next available semester