{"id":131,"date":"2012-09-19T17:18:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuxpan.highpoint.edu\/graduate\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:49:47","slug":"dissertation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/graduate\/dissertation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis, Capstone Project and Dissertation Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dissertation\/thesis is a professional manuscript about accurate and meaningful research conducted by the student.\u00a0 It is submitted to the Graduate School as partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master&#8217;s degree.\u00a0 It reflects credit to the student, the Dissertation\/Thesis Chair, the Dissertation\/Thesis Committee Members, the student&#8217;s program, the student&#8217;s department and school, the Graduate School, and High Point University. Both the student and the Dissertation\/Thesis Chair have responsibility for ensuring absolute quality for all aspects of the written thesis before\u00a0<strong><em>any<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0copy is submitted to the Graduate School. Students must adhere to all deadlines and processes found in the Thesis, Capstone Project and Dissertation Guide.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Thesis, Capstone Project and Dissertation Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/graduate\/files\/2023\/08\/Thesis-Capstone-Dissertation-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thesis, Capstone Project and Dissertation Guide<\/a><a title=\"Fall 2015 Classes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/images\/adobe_pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" align=\"absMiddle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadlines for Final Manuscript Submission to Norcross Graduate School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Delivery of the revised and final post-defense copy of the thesis\/capstone\/dissertation paper must be submitted to the \u00a0Graduate School by noon on the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>December 1 for December graduation <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 15 for May graduation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 15 for August graduation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the defense was successful, the student submits the revised and finished post-defense, professional final copy of the thesis\/capstone\/dissertation with the signed Checklist after the defense and before the above published deadline. The thesis\/capstone\/dissertation should be submitted electronically in PDF format.\u00a0 Students may deliver the document to the Graduate School on a flash drive or may send it via e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:graduate@highpoint.edu\">graduate@highpoint.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If the thesis\/capstone\/dissertation project does not fully meet the standards of the Graduate School, it will be returned to the student, which may delay the student\u2019s graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Time needed to review may vary from minor corrections to large formatting concerns. Significant errors may cause the student to graduate in a later term.<\/p>\n<p>When possible, it is advisable to submit the thesis\/capstone\/dissertation to the Graduate School as early as possible prior to the deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dissertation\/thesis is a professional manuscript about accurate and meaningful research conducted by the student.\u00a0 It is submitted to the Graduate School as partial fulfillment of the requirements for a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7985,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_hpuaeo_plugin_post_data":"","_hpuaeo_plugin_meta_tags":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thesis, Capstone Project and Dissertation Guide - 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