It must be type written or printed, with two copies submitted to the Graduate School and two copies to the Department of English. Theses must be orally defended before the thesis committee. The deadline for the MFA thesis defense is the same as the deadline for the defense of the Ph.D. dissertation. The Graduate School provides a list of deadlines for each term. At the beginning of the semester in which students plan to take the examination, they must notify the Graduate Director in writing as to which genre they wish to be examined.
Students choose one question from the four provided for each part.
Students are allowed two opportunities to pass this examination.