The precise form of that work would be up to the director. At the end of the first semester the student must submit an outline for the thesis along with a report of the work done during the semester to be signed by the director and filed with the graduate coordinator. This will give the committee time to critique the drafts and return them to the student for revisions. After revising, the student will resubmit the thesis to the committee for approval. In case of a split vote, the majority vote will determine whether the thesis is acceptable.
Dates vary each year in accord with the academic calendar.
Thesis must be submitted to the Graduate School. After form M3 has been returned from the Graduate School, the committee will sign their names on the bottom half of the M2 form indicating that the student has passed or failed his or her defense. After the student has made any final changes to the thesis as indicated by the Dean, he or she will submit three copies of it to the library to be bound. Personal copies will be bound only when the student brings them at the same time that the Library and Department copies are brought in.