MUSC 890 Thesis Project Defense

This is the final course for doctoral candidates completing the doctoral thesis. Doctoral candidates will defend their thesis and finalize the thesis manuscript for publication.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Course Guide

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It is important that the doctoral student engage in research and present a capstone paper summarizing their research. The capstone thesis allows the student the opportunity to research and present a capstone paper. This final defense allows the faculty committee to confirm that the student has completed this project.


Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Final Document Submission Assignment

The student will complete the thesis. The student will defend the thesis. The student will submit the final thesis document to the library.


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