This review is required and occurs after successful defense of the dissertation or thesis. Within 10 days of the defense, but prior to the semester deadline date, submit the following to the Graduate School (all of the following forms are found at http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=43426):

• the Preliminary Checklist (with steps initialed to indicate compliance),

• the "Approval of Final Dissertation/Thesis Copy" form signed by the mentor to indicate departmental approval (dissertation or thesis CANNOT be reviewed for final approval without the signed Final Approval form),

• two of three signed signature pages. Two copies will be retained by the Graduate School and one copy is for the student, An unsigned signature page will be inserted into the document at the time of electronic submission.

• one of the two signed copies of the Permission Form, giving permission to post your document to the Electronic Libraries Beardocs site. One copy will be retained by the Graduate School and one copy will be retained by the student to be used for electronic submission).

  In addition to the paper forms, the dissertation or thesis is sent to Mrs. Harman via email attachment as a pdf file. In a separate file, the permission form is sent, having been scanned in and saved in pdf format. In a third file, the signed signature page is sent, having been scanned in and saved in pdf format. It will not have the Dean's signature on it, as that will be added as part of the approval process. Name your document attachments appropriately. For Ph.D. students, the dissertation name should be first name_last name_phd.pdf; for Ed.D. students, it should be named first name_last name_edd.pdf, and for all master's degree students, the thesis will be named first name_last name_masters.pdf. This file name should be retained throughout the submission process. The permission form is named in the same manner, i.e. first name_last name_permissions.pdf and for the signature page _signaturepage.pdf.

  As part of the pdf document, the unsigned signature page follows the Abstract. The copyright page and the remaining pages of the document follow. Help and scanners are available through Electronic Libraries in the Moody Library computer lab (located on the garden level) or you may use a scanner of your own choosing if you are familiar with the use of such. There is also a scanner in Mrs. Harman's office that you are welcome to use.

  In many cases, this final review reveals the need for changes to meet format specifications. These are minimized if you have followed the comments provided in the preliminary technical review and have worked closely with departmental and Graduate School Guidelines. Be sure to allow yourself time to make changes specified by your committee and the Graduate School. After reviewing your document, Ms. Harman will contact you to review any changes necessary and give further approval to proceed.