NOTE: At the time of the defense, the students in the earlier doctoral program must have completed the three speaking requirements. See Ph.D. Program Degree Requirements or details.
Verify your registration in _99W. You are required to be in the W section of dissertation the semester you defend.
Any changes to your committee must be made no later then 6 weeks prior to defense. Be sure you ask the committee member(s) being replaced to send and email to the graduate adviser with a cc to the grad office stating their wish to withdraw from the committee. Download the form from the graduate school web site. It's at the bottom of this link - http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/pdn/#cand - under miscellaneous forms. It's called petition for a change in doctoral committee. It's a writable pdf. When you've obtained your committee supervisor's signature bring it by and we'll submit it for Lorenzo's signature. We need an original with original signatures. No faxed or scanned copy would be accepted by the graduate school.
All committee members must have a copy of your dissertation in hand.The final defense must be made public (i.e., by giving copies to the Graduate Coordinator).A one-page abstract should also be given to the Graduate Coordinator at this time.
All committee members must have signed the Graduate School form (a pink sheet).Each member's signature is an agreement that (1) the student is ready to defend the research and (2) the member will read the dissertation prior to the defense.Members who cannot attend the defense must submit written notes explaining their absence.
At least 4 members of the 5+ member committee must be present. Non-attending members must provide written explanation for their absence and must agree to read and comment on the dissertation by the time of the defense.
**Note: Be sure to check with the Graduate School Office in Main 101 or check the Graduate School's web site forms page to get the forms necessary to Request the Final Defense. Students also have to file a Degree Candidate Card the semester they plan to graduate. (All forms can be filled out on the web, then downloaded and printed. Look in the Doctoral section of this web site for "forms".)
Important: Any student not graduating in the semester they defend must notify the graduate office before the last class day of that semester.
