The remaining time will be devoted to questions. The student's committee will initiate the questioning. Once the Committee has exhausted their lines of questions, the Committee Chair can accept questions from the audience. At the instruction of the Committee Chair, the student and all audience members will be asked to leave the room so the Committee can convene in private and discuss the student's performance. The student will be invited back into the room to have a private conference with the Committee, at which time, performance feedback and further instructions will be given to the student.
All students are strongly encouraged to attend every defense.
It is an opportunity to show your support, learn about the defense process, hear a technical presentation, etc. Following your defense you will be given instructions for any further changes needed for your paper to be accepted for a final grade. You may need to do more than one rewrite.