Submission Portal

If you have completed the pre-submission checklist and are ready to begin the format review process, use the appropriate link below to submit it to the Graduate School.

Click "Review Procedures" for instructions on how to prepare your completed document for submission, how to submit your disquisition to the Graduate School, how to set up your ProQuest account and submission (thesis and dissertation only), and how to submit your revised document for subsequent reviews.

Do not use this page to submit revisions following a review. If you need help to submit your revisions, please download the "Review Procedures" document and follow the step-by-step instructions found on the last page of the PDF. Revisions that are submitted as a new filing in ProQuest will not be reviewed until they are correctly submitted.

Filing for copyright registration with a government office (such as the U.S. Copyright Office) is not required to establish your copyright ownership: in many countries, including the United States and others that adhere to the Berne Convention, intellectual works such as dissertations are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are created and fixed in a tangible form. Thus, your work will be copyrighted as soon as it's published.

However, you might want to file for copyright if you want to create a public record of your ownership (this record can be valuable if you ever need to prove your ownership in a legal dispute), file a lawsuit for copyright infringement (having a registered copyright could make it easier to pursue legal action and potentially receive statutory damages and attorney's fees), or provide international protection (registration may be necessary for additional protections in certain jurisdictions or under international treaties).

Note that if you are including previously published materials in your disquisition, it's likely that you have already transferred copyright ownership to the publisher for those materials, and may not file for copyright ownership on your own behalf. Please also note that I am not a copyright lawyer, and if you need legal counsel on whether to file, I would suggest reaching out to the tech transfer office in RCA.

Hardbound copies of your final document are not required by the Graduate School, but your department may require them. Contact your graduate coordinator for more information.

If you need help to submit your revisions, please download the "Review Procedures" document linked above and follow the step-by-step instructions found on the last page of the PDF. Revisions that are submitted as a new filing in ProQuest will not be reviewed until they are uploaded to your original submission on ProQuest.

Doctoral

Dissertation


Click the link below to submit your dissertation through ProQuest and begin your initial review by the Graduate School.

Master’s

Thesis


Click the link below to submit your thesis through ProQuest and begin your initial review by the Graduate School.

Master's

Paper


Click the link below to submit your paper via email to the disquisition coordinator and begin your initial review by the Graduate School.