F3.3 Final Report

Updated: April 29th, 2011

A Final Report, which verifies that students have completed all requirements except for filing the dissertation, will be sent to departments for each doctoral student at the time the student is advanced to candidacy. Departments are asked at that time to verify by returning to the Graduate Division an endorsed Final Report that all course work and other individual requirements have been completed. From then on, students are under the authority of the Graduate Council rather than that of the individual departments, schools, or groups. The Graduate Council states that “the department must monitor the progress of students, but the completion of the dissertation is the responsibility of the student working with the dissertation committee, which is appointed on behalf of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate Council” (see Appendix S in chapter L of this guide).

If a student’s file does not have a Final Report, the student cannot be placed on the degrees list for award of his or her degree even though the dissertation has been filed.

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