The Final Examination (Oral Defense)

When the advisor believes the thesis is ready for preliminary approval, the student will distribute it to the thesis committee 1)……………….. (responsible, liable, chargeable) for overseeing the progress of the candidate's thesis. The advisor will designate the time and place of the oral defense and notify all members of the thesis committee. The oral defense should be 2)……………… (scheduled, appointed, prescribed) to allow a minimum of ten days for all members of the thesis committee to 3)……………….. (thumb, review, browse) the thesis. The final oral defense will be open to the university 4)…………….. (assemblage, fellowship, community). The student should provide copies of the abstract of the thesis to the Departmental Office so that it will be 5)………………….. (accessible, available, obtainable) to interested members of the Graduate Faculty prior to the oral defense to familiarize with the methodology and findings. The student will open the oral defense with a 6)……………………… (short, brief, little) presentation of his or her findings, after which the members of the thesis committee will 7)…………………. (ask, quiz, question) the candidate in an order determined by the advisor. Questions 8)………………… (concerning, related, dealing) with the substance, meaning and usefulness of the research in the thesis are of greatest 9)………………. (benefit, privilege, priority). When, in the judgment of the advisor, members of the thesis committee have had an 10)………………….. (adequate, reasonable, satisfactory) opportunity to questionthe student, the advisor may open the examination to non-committee members of the graduate faculty, then, as the advisor deems appropriate, to others present. Parliamentary procedure will be followed to 11)………………. (determine, qualify, identify) the success or failure of the student, with the advisor serving as 12)…………………… (facilitator, president, chair).

The student should be 13)…………………… (rated, evaluated, judged) upon both: the overall quality and significance of his or her thesis, and the oral defense of his or her findings. The student passes the oral defense and becomes a “candidate” for the degree if he or she passes with no more than one dissenting 14)………………. (poll, vote, voce). The advisor and members of the thesis committee will 15)…………………….. (ratify, sign, autograph)the Report of Thesis Final Examination form, and eachregisters his or her vote of “pass” or “fail.” [61]

Ex. 7. Are you afraid of being questioned during your oral defense? Read some advice of those who have already defended[62]. Discuss it with your partner and decide which of these items of advice are useful and which are not.

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