The title page should conform to the sample below. The field designated on the title page must be selected from the official list provided by The Graduate School. Note that there is no comma between the month and year in the date. This date should correspond to the expected date of graduation. The title of the dissertation is critical.
Dissertations are a valuable resource for other scholars only if they can be easily located.
Modern retrieval systems generally use the words in the title to locate a manuscript. Therefore, it is essential that the title be an accurate and meaningful description of the content and that obscure references be avoided. Whenever possible word substitutes should be used in place of formulas, symbols, superscripts, or Greek letters. If a statutory copyright is to be claimed for the dissertation, the notice must appear on a separate page following the title page, numbered small Roman numeral ii. All Rights Reserved.