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Students must inform the Graduate College of their defense date by submitting Defense Announcement. This form is requested 10 days prior to the defense.

The thesis/dissertation defense and any revisions recommended by the thesis/dissertation committee must be completed before submitting the Certification of Completion Form. Once the form is signed, the student will not be able to make any changes to the content of the manuscript without further approval from the thesis/dissertation committee.

Extension requests regarding the defense deadline must be received at least one week before the posted deadline.

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