Student Checklists and Thesis/Dissertation formatting and procedures

Thesis and Dissertation Requirements

See the Academic Catalog on thesis and dissertation requirements and process.

Master's program

• Checklist for thesis students  
• Continuous Enrollment Policy 
• Oral defense forms (parts one and two): full-time faculty and staff access only 

Doctoral program

• Checklist for doctoral students  
• Application for doctoral candidacy 
• Dissertation committee recommendation form (to be filled out by the committee chair)
• Dissertation defense procedures 
• Dissertation defense scheduling form  
• Oral defense forms (parts one and two): full-time faculty and staff access only
• Continuous enrollment policy 

Thesis and dissertations

• Electronic Theses and Dissertations 
• Copyright Law & Graduate Research 
• Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis 
• Checklist for proper document format  

Models

• Thesis title page  
• Dissertation title page 
• Abstract  
• Journal format guidelines  

Other

• NAU Published Dissertations