Submit Your Thesis - Title

 

Submit your paper to Thesis Processing for Initial Review

Ready for Review

The Thesis Processing Office begins accepting Initial Review submissions the week after each quarter's Thesis Briefs. Details

Questions? We’re here for you: thesisprocessingoffice@nps.edu or in the Dudley Knox Library by appointment.

 

Important: Only students graduating in the current quarter may submit for Initial Review

 

Ensure these are done
 

  1. Thesis Proposal Form in your thesis dashboard is complete.
  2. "Thesis Processing Brief" is checked off in your thesis dashboard's Requirements Status section.

Ensure your Initial Draft submission meets these minimum requirements
 

  1. A minimum of 1/2 to 2/3 of your thesis text (about three complete chapters) formatted in the NPS thesis template and All Paragraph style is applied to all body paragraphs. You may submit ANY complete chapters.
  2. Chapters are
    • cited
    • proofread
    • reviewed by your advisor(s) and you've received the go-ahead to submit for initial review
    • free of track changes and balloon comments
  3. A proofread list of references, reflecting sources cited in your text. Use the .
  4. File is named 25Sep_LastName_FirstName. Follow this capitalization guidance.
    • If more than one author, file name is 25Sep_LastName1_FirstName1_LastName2_LastName3
    • If SE capstone, file is named using the last name of the first-listed author (by alphabet) on the cover page followed by "et al": 25Sep_FirstAuthorLastName_FirstAuthorFirstName et al.
  5. Draft uploaded to thesis SharePoint site (or Box, if thesis is export controlled). If classified or CHDS, see our file-sharing page for more information on how you will share your files. 
  6. LaTeX users: Always download the most current LaTeX template from our website. Never use someone else's template, including your advisor's. Upload your most recent project .zip file to your filesharing site and use the same naming convention as all other files: YYMmm_Last_First.zip. Remember that the PDF output needs to be present on your filesharing site as well.

 

We are currently closed to new submissions. Please come back 21 July.

 

Notes

  • What will we look for? See Common Errors: Things We Mark—You Fix.
  • CHDS students with an editor are excused from the Initial Review requirement and from using SharePoint. However, they still need an iThenticate review of their Initial Draft. 

 

Submission Steps (Video)