Dissertation and the Final Exam
Before Graduation, Toxicology students are expected to:
- Present doctoral research results at national scientific meetings (Society of Toxicology or annual meetings of other scientific societies);
- Publish doctoral research in peer-reviewed journals; and,
- Write the final dissertation (published papers as individual chapters). Read details here.
Final Exam (Dissertation Defense): Once the doctoral committee is satisfied with the accomplishments of the student, a public seminar is scheduled for the presentation of the doctoral research data and interpretation. The seminar is followed by a private meeting of the doctoral committee with the PhD candidate when the final exam takes place. The committee identifies all changes that must be made to the dissertation before the document is submitted to the Graduate School.
Submission of approved dissertation to the Graduate School:
- The requirements for the Ph.D. degree will not be completed until the final dissertation document is accepted by the Graduate School. Instructions can be found here.
- It will be the responsibility of the student and the research advisor to inform the Toxicology Graduate Program that this last requirement has been fulfilled. For this purpose, the form Acceptance of Final Doctoral Dissertation by the Graduate School should be completed, signed, and forwarded to the Director of Graduate Studies together with the requested documents.