Final Public Oral Checklist - (updated August 2009)

Format for dissertation at http://www.princeton.edu/~muddthesiss

          First

• Set Defense Date (Check with DGS and your advisor, make sure the Graduate Administrator has the date to add to the Department calendar)

          25 business days prior to defense date (submit to Graduate           Administrator)

• Two (2) complete unbound copies of dissertation
• Submit to each of your committee members a complete copy of dissertation
  
• Submit 2 title pages
  
• Submit 2 Copies of Abstract

15 business days prior to defense date

• Confirm that your readers have submitted their reports and report forms
  
• End of Enrollment Form (if not already previously submitted)

10 business days prior to defense date (submit on line)

• Complete and submit Advanced Degree Application (please confirm with the Graduate Administrator when you have completed) Application can be found here

7 business days prior to defense date (submit to Graduate Administrator)

• 2 bound copies of dissertation

Day after Defense

• 2 bound copies of dissertation (hand deliver to Mudd Library)
  
• 1 electronic copy of dissertation in Adobe PDF format on a CD, with both the jewel case and CD properly labeled (hand deliver to Mudd Library)
  
• You will need a check for made out to “Princeton University Library.” Fees are listed on Mudd Library's website (hand deliver to Mudd Library)
  
• Doctoral Dissertation Agreement form (this form comes from the publication "Publishing your Dissertation") (hand deliver to Mudd Library)
  
• Final Public Oral Examination Report signed by the DGS (hand deliver to Mudd Library, Mudd Library will sign and you will deliver the signed original to the Graduate School)
  
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (orginal and a copy to be submitted to the Graduate School)
  
• Exit Questionnaire (submit to Graduate School)
  
• Copy of your Title Page and Abstract for Mudd Library