What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

The dissertation proposal and the specialty exam serve different purposes and should be viewed as separate activities, even though often executed concurrently. The dissertation proposal marks the ...

New dissertations and theses available in the Library are listed at the bottom of this page; they may serve as examples for students. Keep in mind that formatting changes over time, and some volumes ...

Congratulations on making it to these final steps of your degree! This guide provides information about formatting and submission of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations for GSAS programs. Once ...

Embarking on a PhD is “probably the most challenging task that a young scholar attempts to do”, write Mark Stephan Felix and Ian Smith in their practical guide to dissertation and thesis writing.

A thesis, which may be research or expository, critical, or creative work, is required of every master’s degree candidate under Plan I. Every thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the ...