MA Thesis Registration Form - United Theological Seminary of the ...

UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE TWIN CITIES
MASTER OF ARTS THESIS REGISTRATION FORM
Name
Last
First
Student ID# Degree Program Total Credits
Academic Year
Term(s) (please indicate number of credits to be registered each term)
Fall Winter Spring Summer
Grading Option
(Indicate preference for pass/no credit or letter grade)
My thesis advisor, who will chair the thesis team
My preferences for faculty member to serve as second reader of my thesis:
(If the thesis advisor is not your faculty advisor, your faculty advisor will be your second reader. Otherwise indicate 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd choices for
the second faculty thesis reader.)
1 st Choice
2 nd Choice
3 rd Choice
I wish to exclude the following faculty member from my thesis team
My outside resource person (to be chosen in consultation with advisor) is:
Name Telephone number Email address
Student Signature
Date
Faculty Advisor Signature
Date
Deadlines:
(1) Registration for the MA Thesis must be completed by May 31 of the year prior to thesis completion and graduation.
(2) Thesis proposal and preliminary bibliography must be filed with the registrar’s office by June 30 of the year prior to thesis
completion and graduation.
(3) Oral defense of the thesis must be completed by April 1 of the year of graduation.
Revised: 05/03/2006

UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE TWIN CITIES
MASTER OF ARTS THESIS PROPOSAL
AND
PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Student’s Name
B. Thesis Title
C. Attach a one-page proposal which includes:
(1) A description of the topic to be explored in the thesis
(2) A definition of the scope of the work
(3) The focal question or issue to be addressed
(4) Methods or approaches to be taken
(5) Major resources to be engaged
D. Attach a preliminary bibliography.
E. Sign and secure the signatures of thesis advisor and second faculty reader.
Signature of Student
Date
Signature of Thesis Advisor
Date
Signature of Second Faculty Reader
Date
RETURN THIS FORM WITH ATTACHMENTS TO THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE
FOR INCLUSION IN YOUR PERMANENT FILE.
Deadlines:
(1) Registration for the MA Thesis must be completed by May 31 of the year prior to thesis completion and graduation.
(2) Thesis proposal and preliminary bibliography must be filed with the registrar’s office by June 30 of the year prior to thesis
completion and graduation.
(3) Oral defense of the thesis must be completed by April 1 of the year of graduation.
Revised: 05/03/2006