Oral Defense
Once your committee approves the draft it will recommend that you be advanced to the Final Examination. This is an oral defense of the dissertation conducted by an Examining Committee designated by the Executive Officer and approved by the Provost. Note that three members of the committee must be members of the GSUC Doctoral Faculty. If all required changes are made prior to the defense, you may bring a final copy of the dissertation to the examination.
The Chair of the Examining Committee will record your performance in a Report of Final Examination to the Provost. If a dissertation requires, at most, minor revisions, it must be subsequently approved by the Chair; if major revisions are required, the dissertation must be resubmitted to the Chair and two members of the Examining Committee for approval before passage of the Final Examination can be recorded.
If your performance in the Final Examination is judged unsatisfactory you may be reexamined at the discretion of the Executive Committee in your discipline and with the approval of the Provost.