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*All oral defenses of a thesis, dissertation, etc. must be scheduled with the Graduate College at least 10 business days before the planned defense date. Please use the official 10-working-day calendar to help you select a date for your defense. Please note that there are certain dates during the academic year during which students cannot hold an oral defense of a thesis or dissertation.  Dates are subject to change without notice.

Graduation procedures

Forms and assistance.

Students are responsible for obtaining the most recent version of the forms and submitting them with the appropriate signatures.

Enrollment requirements

Students must be registered for a minimum of one credit hour during all phases of their graduate education, including the term in which they graduate. This includes periods when students are engaged in research, conducting a doctoral prospectus, working on or defending theses or dissertations, taking comprehensive examinations, taking Graduate Foreign Language Examinations, or in any other way utilizing university resources, facilities or faculty time.

Graduation, format evaluations, and oral defense procedures

Step 1: apply for graduation.

You may apply for graduation through the “Graduation” tab on your My ASU, or by contacting the University Registrar’s Office online, in person or by mail. Information about the graduation application procedures and fees is available online:  students.asu.edu/graduation . If you apply after the deadline for a semester, you will be assessed a late fee and your name will not appear in the commencement program.

Step 2: Submit materials for format evaluation and schedule the oral defense

When you have identified a suitable defense date with your committee and reserved a building and room number, you will request to schedule the defense through the “Defense” tab on your My ASU. The request to schedule a defense must be submitted at least 10 working days before the planned defense date.

In the “Defense” tab you will have a “Schedule my defense” link that will take you to the electronic schedule form. If the link does not appear on your My ASU, please verify that every item below has been completed and contact your academic unit should you need assistance:

You must be defending a Thesis or Dissertation

You must have an approved iPOS (no pending changes or petitions)

You must have met all minimum 3.0 GPA requirements (iPOS, Graduate and Cumulative)

You must have an approved full committee on the iPOS (no pending changes)

All milestone requirements have been satisfied (for example, written comprehensive examination, foreign language examination, etc.)

Doctoral students must have reached candidacy

You must be an active student and currently enrolled

You must submit a complete draft of your document at least ten (10) business days before your defense date by uploading your document to your iPOS via your MyASU. 

Please note that the supervisory committee usually requests content revisions after they review a document. Regardless, you need to submit your document fully developed with text in each section. You also need to use the Format Tool prior to submitting your document to the format office.

PhD and DMA students must also submit the  Survey of Earned Doctorates  through the website link.

Step 3: Approval to hold the oral defense

Once you have submitted the request to schedule a defense, the request must be approved by the academic unit through the iPOS approval system. 

When the defense has been approved, you will receive an email confirmation and your defense will be highlighted on the  Graduate College Master’s/Doctoral Defense Schedule  website that updates every Monday.

Step 4: Hold the oral defense

Students and supervisory committee chairs must attend the oral defense of the thesis, dissertation or equivalent research document. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, they cannot attend, then the oral defense must be rescheduled to another date.

After the defense, all faculty committee members will input the initial defense results via your iPOS within 10 days. You may monitor the status by checking the Defense Results tab in your iPOS.

Step 5: Submit thesis/dissertation to ETD/ProQuest

Final Document Approval Pathway:

Students submit the final version of their document that has been approved by the supervisory committee and a format reviewer in the Graduate College to ETD/ProQuest.

The approved document is then reviewed by Graduate College format advisors to ensure compliance with format regulations. Additional format revisions may be required.

When final format approval has been granted, the Graduate College notifies ProQuest that the document is ready for publication.

Once the document has been submitted to ProQuest and approved by the ASU format advisors for publication, the document cannot be recalled; no changes may be made to an approved document. Always double check to make sure you have submitted the correct version for publication.

Students may not receive a letter of degree completion from the Graduation Office until ASU has approved the final document and notified ProQuest.

ETD/ProQuest Submission Instructions

Students are required to create a new user account specific to the submission of their document and must use their ASU email address.

Select the appropriate Publishing Option but do not select “Open Publishing” as Graduate College does not allow open publishing. If you select the “Open Publishing” option your ETD submission will be returned to you.

ETD/ProQuest requires all students to submit a PDF version of their final document. ASU Graduate College requires that the PDF document is in compliance with the formatting standards. Students will receive final format approval only after the submitted PDF document has successfully passed a format review. To create a PDF version of the document, students can use the full Adobe suite for free by logging into  asu.edu/myapps , or alternatively, ETD/ProQuest provides a free Word to PDF conversion.

Students have an opportunity to order bound copies of their document for themselves through ETD/ProQuest. They can also go to any third party bindery to obtain bound copies of their document if desired.

Graduation Checklist 

You must complete all degree requirements in order to graduate. If you do not complete all requirements in the semester you intend to graduate, you will need to contact the Graduation Office to request to defer your graduation to the next semester and register for at least one graduate credit for that semester. Please make sure you have addressed the following:

Have you applied for graduation for the correct graduating term?

Is your iPOS approved with a full committee?

Does your iPOS coursework show green checkmarks next to each course? Do all courses have passing grades (no Z or I grades) and does the culminating event show completed? If you need to make corrections, please update and resubmit your iPOS.

Have you maintained continuous enrollment?  Check your iPOS summary page to see if this requirement says "met".

Are there any pending items in your iPOS? There can be no pending items.

Are you registered for the semester in which you are graduating? You must be registered in at least one graduate credit.

Are there any missing grades for courses taken any semester since starting as an ASU graduate student?  All courses must have a grade.

If you are completing a thesis/dissertation (or equivalent). Check your the format tab in your iPOS:

Did you receive final format approval from the Graduate College?

Did your committee enter final defense results on your iPOS?

Did you submit your document to ETD/ProQuest?

If you are a PhD or DMA student, have you submitted your  Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) ?

If you had an internship, did your chair/internship director submit a letter stating that you have completed all requirements of the internship?

• Is your grade point average 3.0 or above for the cumulative, college, and iPOS categories? Check your iPOS.

If you have any questions, please contact your graduate academic advisor.

Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection

Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University proudly showcases the work of undergraduate honors students by sharing this collection exclusively with the ASU community.

Barrett accepts high performing, academically engaged undergraduate students and works with them in collaboration with all of the other academic units at Arizona State University. All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Students are able to engage with professors who are nationally recognized in their fields and committed to working with honors students. Completing a Barrett thesis or creative project is an opportunity for undergraduate honors students to contribute to the ASU academic community in a meaningful way.

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Honors Thesis Pathways

An honors thesis pathway is a structured opportunity for those who prefer a little more support to develop a thesis, submit a prospectus, hold a thesis defense, and submit a final thesis. There are a few variations:

• Join a cohort of students who are all working on thesis projects based on a particular theme or objective (e.g., Science and Society; Screenwriting; Global Engagement). There is one professor acting as thesis director to all projects and the group meets regularly to check in on each person’s progress. 
• Turn select honors seminar courses (HON 394) into your honors thesis with approval from the professor teaching the course. In this case, you would take a special topics class one semester and then complete HON 493 with that professor on a topic related to the course the following semester.
• Join a cohort of students all working on their own individual thesis projects with the same thesis director. These groups will meet regularly to learn how to complete a thesis and support one another through the successes and challenges. 

To get started, explore the options below and make sure to look out for the icon connected to the outcome you are interested in. Find out more information by clicking on the course number to be taken to the class search. Many of these opportunities will require you to talk to the professor before you enroll to make sure that everyone is on the same page about the thesis opportunity.

Honors Thesis Pillars

Each honors thesis pathway is connected to at least one of the thesis pillars which indicates the type of outcome that course intends to produce. Students can always choose to combine the pillars in their project with their thesis director’s approval.

Thesis Pathways with Honors Faculty

Other unique thesis pathway opportunities

In addition to the honors thesis pathways mentioned above, you can explore the following unique opportunities in other departments.

The Difference Engine

Join The Difference Engine , an ASU center dedicated to shaping the future of equality, as part of the esteemed fourth cohort of Barrett Honors students during the 2024-2025 academic year. 

This opportunity is open to juniors from all majors. After two semesters, Barrett students can stay on the team and complete their honors thesis with support from a thesis committee.

As a member of the research team, you'll play a crucial role in evaluating gender equity at large companies through the Women’s Power and Influence Index project. You'll collaborate closely with renowned professors and industry leaders, receiving guidance to maximize your impact. Selected students will:

• Assist in gender equity research & data collection to expand our Index
• Design & administer surveys
• Craft marketing strategies

This role also offers exciting perks, including networking events, national conference presentations , and trips to Los Angeles. Participating in The Difference Engine program grants students automatic honors credit. 

Space is limited! To learn more about the project and to join the Fall 2024 cohort, please complete this application: https://forms.gle/KgbmxvLFRAF44Nxc8

Founders Lab

Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship & New Business Design at the W. P. Carey School of Business, the Founders Lab is a 2-semester (6 credit) honors thesis opportunity for Barrett students to instigate their own entrepreneurial journey, and develop belief in their entrepreneurial skills.

Throughout this intensive program, students gain entrepreneurial confidence as they exercise their critical thinking, business writing, and communication skills through hypothesizing, testing, and adapting a business plan - ultimately targeting traction through user acquisition and sales. This untraditional academic experience focuses on empowering students to engage with a specific opportunity, identify a distinct audience, and provide something of real value (that your target audience will exchange value to obtain).

As outlined above, this program is intense and it requires self-direction (as is entrepreneurial), determination and commitment. We ask that all students who aren't able or interested in this commitment think very seriously about the requirements of this program before committing. This program is available to current Barrett sophomores, juniors, and seniors and will result in a final thesis submission in the spring semester. All majors welcome! 

Program Logistics

• Approximately 100 students, in teams of 3, will design and launch a new user-centric business, culminating in a spring demo (defense) day.
• Thesis credits will be WPC 492 for 3 credits in the fall and WPC 493 for 3 credits in the spring.
• There will be required group meetings each semester with a schedule determined by the Thesis Director, Jared Byrne.
• Second committee members will be provided, and students will submit their prospectus during the fall semester.
• Full commitment and participation is expected for both fall and spring of the academic year.

To apply for participation for the upcoming academic year, visit Founders Lab - a Barrett Thesis Project . 

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Director of the W. P. Carey Center for Entrepreneurship, Jared Byrne [email protected] .

Humanities Lab

The Humanities Lab provides students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on research on compelling social challenges of interest to today’s students while working with others who are also invested in making a difference.

All Humanities Lab courses offer automatic honors credit, and Barrett students have the opportunity to turn select Lab courses into their honors thesis across a two-semester Lab experience with approval from at least one of the professors teaching the course.

We recommend having a conversation with the faculty at the beginning of the semester to discuss your academic interests, your potential interest in the social challenge of the course, and how they can support you. Whether they serve a role on your thesis committee or assist you in locating faculty to serve on your committee, Lab faculty have agreed to support you in developing your thesis topic through their Lab’s social challenge. Barrett students in the Lab course may develop an individual thesis or a group thesis in consultation with the professors. 

Spring 2024 Thesis Pathway Eligible Labs

• Diplomacy Lab: Brazil
• Guns, Art-making, and Truth
• Ethics of Language Testing
• Sustainable Fashion

Fall 2024 Thesis Pathway Eligible Labs

• Educating for Democracy?
• Planetizing Citizenship
• Migration, Art, Place: US/GER
• Families Living (Un)Documented
• US Gun Culture and Gun Impacts

To get started, enroll in a Humanities Lab course offering a thesis pathway opportunity and then complete the Humanities Lab Thesis Application .

InnovationSpace

InnovationSpace® is a transformative experience, where students build the skills of the future and develop their capacity for collaboration and innovation as they produce extraordinary projects while working on transdisciplinary teams. The program provides students with a unique opportunity to complete a real-world product-development project. Using the Integrated Innovation model, teams of students from all majors spend one to two semesters researching, developing and refining concepts.

Barrett students have the option to turn this two semester project into their honors thesis. These opportunities are open to students from all majors, and your thesis committee is provided for you. To get started, enroll in one of the courses listed below.

Fall 2024 InnovationSpace Projects

• IVD 494 #71740 Creativity, Ethics and AI - Mon 1:30 - 4:15 p.m.
• IVD 494 #87964 Unhoused Communities - Tue 9 - 11:30 a.m.
• IVD 494 #86506 STEAMtank - Wed 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

For more information on the projects, visit design.asu.edu/innovationspace .

ASU Dissertations and Theses

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Honors Theses: Introduction

Honors theses: fall 2012 to the present, honors theses: 2006 to mid-2012, honors theses: 1962-2005.

Undergraduate students in the honors program must produce a thesis before graduation. This is just one of several requirements the students must meet;  therefore, the existence of a thesis does not automatically mean a student did graduate with honors. The Honors Theses collection starts in 1962 although Barrett, the Honors College, did not form until 1988. The Libraries' collection of honors theses ends in 2005; Barrett continues to maintain their own collection of the theses. Details are below.

• Fall 2012 to the present
• 2006 to mid-2012 

Starting with Fall 2012, Barrett is adding copies of the honors theses to the ASU Digital Repository under the  Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection .  Although the bibliographic information is freely available, the College has requested that access to the full text be restricted.

• ASU employees (faculty and staff) and currently enrolled students may access the full text by clicking on the "Sign In" link in the upper right corner of the repository screen; input your asurite id/password and once authorized, the pdf link(s) in the right-hand column for each thesis will now be active.
• For non-ASU individuals or ASU alumni, please email the College at [email protected] or use their Contact Barrett  form to check on the availability of a specific thesis.   
• These theses are not available for Interlibrary Loan. 

Barrett, the Honors College, maintains a print collection of ASU Honors Theses; their collection starts in 1970 and goes to the present. Barrett's collection is the only place where the Spring 2006 through the Spring 2012 theses are available. Please email the College at  [email protected]  or use their  Contact Barrett  form to check on the availability of a specific thesis. These theses are not available for Interlibrary Loan.   

The ASU Library maintains a print collection of the Honors Theses from 1962 to 2005; the collection is not complete and none of the theses are available in electronic format. Use the  ASU Library's Catalog  to identify the availability of a specific thesis.  

• With very few exceptions, the collection contains only one, archival copy of each thesis. The collection is housed in the Library's high-density storage; users must contact the Wurzburger Reading Room (480-965-4932 or [email protected] ) in advance to set up a time to view a thesis; archival material may not be checked out or loaned to other libraries.  
• For the few titles that have a second copy, this copy may be checked out and may be loaned to other libraries. Second copies from 1962 to 1998 are kept in the High-Density Collection; from 1999 to 2005, the second copies are kept in Hayden stacks, call number LD179.145  [year] [cuttered by author]
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to see upcoming open defense dates. Was this article helpful? Please tell us how we can make this article more useful. 165 COMMENTS Honors Thesis | Barrett Students | ASU - Arizona State University Honors Thesis Pathways are unique thesis opportunities, where students can be paired with faculty on interesting and engaging topics. The pathway options provide students a structured experience in completing their thesis, while researching a topic that interests them. Thesis/Creative Project Student Guidebook - ASU • Develop a schedule of internal due dates while adhering to Barrett deadlines. • Decide on format, length, and style for the written component. • Discuss review periods for each draft of your work. Defense and Thesis Approval | Barrett Students | ASU In consultation with your thesis committee, determine a date, time, and location for your defense. Once your defense is scheduled, fill out the Defense and Thesis Approval Form. The submission of this form is essential for your thesis director to receive an approval link on the date of your defense. Due Dates | Barrett Students | ASU - Arizona State University Work out a plan of action with your thesis committee to meet the due dates that correspond with the semester you intend to complete your undergraduate degree, or an earlier semester if desired. To discuss your honors thesis timeline, connect with a Barrett Honors Advisor. Graduation Deadlines | Graduate College Mon. May 12. *All oral defenses of a thesis, dissertation, etc. must be scheduled with the Graduate College at least 10 business days before the planned defense date. Please use the official 10-working-day calendar to help you select a date for your defense. Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project ... All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Thesis Pathways | Barrett Students | ASU Barrett students have the option to turn this two semester project into their honors thesis. These opportunities are open to students from all majors, and your thesis committee is provided for you. To get started, enroll in one of the courses listed below. Upper Division Curriculum | Barrett, The Honors College | ASU Students who begin Barrett mid-way through their undergraduate career are required to complete The History of Ideas, defend and submit an approved honors thesis, and earn a total of 21 upper-division honors credits with a minimum 3.25 ASU cumulative GPA upon graduation. LibGuides: ASU Dissertations and Theses: Honors Theses Barrett's collection is the only place where the Spring 2006 through the Spring 2012 theses are available. Please email the College at barrettadvising@asu.edu or use their Contact Barrett form to check on the availability of a specific thesis. Can I Attend an Honors Thesis Defense? - kb Barrett Thesis/Creative Project defenses are open to the ASU community. Attending a defense is an excellent opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of fellow Barrett students and to observe the defense process firsthand. Browse the postings on the calendar to see upcoming open defense dates. essay homework paper phd review speech study thesis