Dissertation Checklist
- Receive permission for previously copyrighted material included beyond fair use
- Defend dissertation and complete revisions
- Apply to graduate
- Discuss dissertation embargo with faculty and research collaborators
- Check diploma name
- Matches name on title page (ROBERT REDFIELD)
- Check format of PDF and supplemental files
- fonts
- line spacing
- margins
- page numbers
- parts of the dissertation
- title page
- table of contents
- list of tables, figures, other lists
- chapters
- tables, figures, other images
- references
- appendices
- supplemental files
- reference list or bibliography
- Proofread PDF and supplemental files
- Notify graduate program administrator that dissertation is ready for departmental approval and provide department with dissertation file(s)
- Complete Survey of Earned Doctorates; certificate of completion will be emailed to you and to the Dissertation Office
- Complete the University of Chicago Doctoral Graduate Survey
- After Departmental Approval Form is completed and signed by Chair of Department or Dean of School, create dissertation submission in Knowledge@UChicago
- Check submission information in Knowledge@UChicago for compliance with submission guidelines
- Information is accurate and complete
- Title uses title case as does the convocation program (Plan for a Study of Tepoztlan, Mexico)
- Title matches title on PDF title page but uses upper and lower case and html tags if needed
- Upload final version of dissertation and supplemental files
- Upload signed and completed copy of Departmental Approval Form
- Upload permissions if needed
- Note information for later use such as cc license, repository license, embargo date, or permissions
- Submit dissertation
- Wait to hear from Dissertation Office and correct formatting or provide additional material upon request
- Wait to hear from Knowledge@UChicago staff regarding status of dissertation submission