Transcript Thesis Phases and Deadlines

Graduate Council
Kamal Abou Mikhael
Thesis Phases and Deadlines
Role of Graduate Council
Established in November of 2011
Facilitate and coordinate graduate education in the following
ways/areas:
• Support graduate recruitment programs
• Provide information about graduate admissions
• Follow up to ensure the uniform implementation of policies governing
graduate work
• Encourage the development
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and success of students
Provide mechanisms for quality control for all aspects of graduate
education
How We Can Help
• Advise students on general university graduate policy
• In matters related to your program of study, your Academic Advisor and
Department Chair are the primary reference
• In all other matters, we refer students to the appropriate individuals and entities
• Help students to
– Comply with regulations
– Meet deadlines
• Propose means of enhancing graduate student life
– Based on our own analysis
– Based on feedback of students, faculty, and staff
Thesis Phases
• Proposal
– The requirements of the proposal are determined by the Department
– Minimum requirements: Committee & Topic
– Details found in the Graduate Catalogue (current catalogue is 2014-15)
– Master’s thesis: pp. 58-60
– PhD thesis: pp. 65-68 (same as above)
• Defense
– Must happen no less than 4 months after the proposal for Master’s students
– … 8 months … for PhD students
• Library Submission
– Approximately 10 days after published defense deadlines
• Holidays and weekends are taken into consideration
– Refer to the Thesis Manual for details (covered by next presenter)
Thesis Deadlines
• Thesis deadlines are published on the Graduate Council web site:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/graduatecouncil/Documents/thesisdeadlines.pdf
• Abiding by the deadlines is absolutely necessary for graduating in the target
semester
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