Form Information
PhD students and master鈥檚 thesis plan students must submit a thesis approval form (TAF) to ensure that the final copy has been accepted by the thesis committee. The TAF must be uploaded as part of the electronic thesis聽submission process听迟丑谤辞耻驳丑听, as a supplementary file.聽聽To have the degree awarded in any given semester, the thesis and TAF must both be submitted by the thesis/dissertation deadline.聽聽Deadlines and other graduation requirements are posted on the聽Graduate School鈥檚听飞别产蝉颈迟别.听
Signatures Required
Signatures must be obtained through the process below from the committee chair and any one other committee member.聽聽The form must be signed by both in advance of the聽deadline.
Instructions &聽Routing information
- Complete the landing page with your name聽and the names and colorado.edu e-mail addresses of the committee chair and the one other committee member to sign.聽聽Both must sign electronically in advance of submission, keeping in mind the submission聽deadline.
- Fill out the form with student ID,聽thesis title, degree information, and IRB and IACUC protocol numbers if applicable.
- Attach a copy of your thesis/dissertation. While formatting changes may be requested by the Graduate School, the content of the attached document should be final and reflect any revisions requested by the committee.聽Note: if your file is too large for DocuSign, after compression, you may send the final thesis/dissertation separately and attach a note to the TAF form stating how your committee members will receive the final file.
- Select 鈥渇inish鈥� to route the form to the chair and committee聽member simultaneously.聽聽
- When both the chair and committee member have signed and the form is complete, you will receive a pdf document with signatures via e-mail.聽
- The TAF form must then be saved as a separate聽single page聽pdf and聽uploaded聽as a supplementary file along with your thesis/dissertation to聽聽by the submission聽deadline. Your submission is not considered complete without this supplementary file.
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