EMP 991 B. Williams 1 credit
Dissertation Defense
Description
After being advised by the committee Chair that the dissertation draft prepared in EMP990 is accepted by the committee as ready for defense, the student must pass an oral defense of the dissertation.
The oral defense will be held on a telephone conference call, and will last from 60 to 90 minutes. It will be scheduled with at least ten days notice. Such exams may not be scheduled on Saturday, Sunday, or national holidays.
Prior to scheduling the defense, as a prerequisite for the committee members to evaluate the draft of the dissertation and agree that the draft is acceptable to defend, it is the responsibility of the student to provide the faculty members either machine readable electronic files, or a paper copy of the document, whichever is preferred by the faculty members.
The defense will be evaluated by the committee. At its conclusion the committee will go into private session and a grade of Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, or Honors will be awarded.
