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Checklist for Final Submission of Dissertation or Treatise (fall, 2008)

You are required to upload your completed dissertation to UMI/Proquest (see submission instructions) prior to submitting the following required paperwork to the Graduate School. All paperwork is due in this office no later than December 5, 2008.

  1. Committee Certification of Approved Version. This is the page printed from your dissertation which lists all of your committee members. It should be formatted as shown in Format Guidelines (.pdf). The printed hard copy must be signed by all members of your committee. All signatures must be original. No proxy signatures are permitted. This page does not have to be on cotton paper. Plain white paper is acceptable. Note: This page in the .pdf file should not be scanned in, therefore it will not be signed in the electronic file. Only the hardcopy will be signed.

  2. Additional Title Page. The date should be December 2008.

  3. Publication by UMI/Proquest (.pdf). This confirms you have understood by submitting to UMI that you agree UMI is your publisher. All dissertations must be published; this is a requirement for the degree.

  4. Copyright Disclaimer (.pdf). Shows you have permission to use any previously copyrighted material in your dissertation. Even if you did not use copyrighted material you do need to turn in this form.

  5. Survey of Earned Doctorates.  We hope that you will choose to take this survey, to help the National Research Council and this university keep track of the situation of doctoral graduates.  This form is available in PDF form at http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/forms/SurveyOfEarnedDoctorates.pdf or you can request a copy from our office.  A good time to ask for it is when you are turning in the Request for Final Oral.

  6. Abstract and Vita. Submit one copy of your Abstract and one copy of your Vita printed directly from the .pdf file. These pages should be in the final version and format, not earlier versions.

  7. Intellectual Property Tutorial Certification. If you have not previously submitted the email verifying you successfully completed the tutorial, do so at this time.

  8. Statement on Research with Human Participants (.pdf). Submit this form whether you used human participants or not. If you did use human participants you need to attach a copy of the IRB approval letter or waiver or exemption notification to the form. If you previously submitted this paperwork to our office it is not necessary to do so again.

  9. Dissertation Publishing Agreement for The University of Texas General Libraries (.pdf).

  10. Publication/Processing Fees. After you have submitted your dissertation, you will be billed for these fees (subject to change without notice): Publication Fee $55, Dissertation Processing Fee $8, Registration of Copyright Fee (Optional) $65. These fees are assessed after you have sent your dissertation in .pdf format to UMI directly. The billing is done through The University of Texas. Payment is made to the university either on-line or by check paid to the Cashier's office in the Main Building. The bill will not appear until this office is aware that the dissertation has been submitted.

This paperwork may be submitted in person by December 5, 2008, by coming to the Graduate School, Main Building 101, or it may be mailed to arrive no later than December 5, 2008 (mail to: The University of Texas at Austin, VP & Dean of Graduate Studies, 1 University Station G0400, Austin, Texas 78712-0531).

All graduate school forms and instructions for completing them can be found on our forms web page.

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