We in the Graduate School are pleased to work with you throughout the process of producing your dissertation or thesis. Handling questions early in the process facilitates meeting the specifications and diminishes the problems and anxiety that often occur if questions are deferred until late in the process.

Be sure you have filed for graduation by completing the Intent to Graduate Form. The Intent to Graduate form is completed electronically and is found online on the Current Student page. For help, you may contact Mrs. Sherry Sims at sherry_sims@baylor.edu. Also, you must be registered for at least one hour of coursework during the semester of graduation.

Each semester, preliminary and final reviews are conducted on regular class days, beginning with the first day of classes through the Friday before commencement. We can best serve you through previously arranged appointments rather than drop-in visits.

For the preliminary technical review and the final review, as discussed below, be sure the pages presented for review have been printed on the same laser printer which will be used for producing the final paper copy of the dissertation or thesis. This will avoid any distortion in the formatting of the document which sometimes happens when alternating between computer equipment.

Final Review

Electronic Processing