Dissertation Checklist
- Defend dissertation and complete revisions
- Apply to graduate
- Receive permission for previously copyrighted material included beyond fair use
- Discuss dissertation embargo with faculty and research collaborators
- Check diploma name
- Matches name in ETD Administrator and on title page (ROBERT REDFIELD)
- Check title in ETD Administrator
- Uses headline style as does the convocation program (Plan for a Study of Tepoztlan, Mexico)
- Matches title on PDF title page but uses upper and lower case
- Check ETD Administrator sections are complete and accurate
- Publishing information (traditional or open access, search engines, delayed release, institutional repository options, Creative Commons, permanent contact information including 8-digit student ID starting with 10 or 12)
- About my dissertation/thesis (all sections, keywords, abstract no more than 500 words, etc.)
- Submission & payment (U.S. copyright, author copies)
- Check PDF and supplemental files for compliance with formatting requirements
- fonts
- line spacing
- margins
- page numbers
- parts of the dissertation
- title page
- table of contents
- list of tables, figures, other lists
- tables, figures, other images
- references and footnotes
- appendices
- bibliography
- supplemental files
- Proofread PDF and supplemental files
- Complete Survey of Earned Doctorates and upload certificate of completion
- Complete the University of Chicago Doctoral Graduate Survey
- Notify graduate program administrator that submission is ready for departmental approval
- Upload signed and completed copy of Departmental Approval Form
- Submit final version of dissertation
- Correct formatting and provide additional material as requested by Dissertation Office
- Retain copy of ProQuest and IR agreements, permission letters, and information regarding options selected or paid for