What steps must be completed before the Oral Defense?

• You must be enrolled at WVU the semester in which you are graduating.
• An Application for Graduation and Diploma must be completed
• An up-to-date Plan of Study must be on file.
• A Request for Final Exam must be completed and signed by all committee members and submitted to Student Services, Room 141 ESB. This is due one week before the defense for a Problem Report or Thesis defense, and three weeks before the Dissertation Defense.
• An Abstract and Title Page submitted to Student Services, electronically