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Degree Information

The Degree of Master of Arts

Thesis Option

An acceptable thesis is required for the Master of Arts degree for students who select the thesis option program. The finished work is expected to be a competently executed development and exposition of the student's original research topic. Guidelines for the preparation of the thesis are available in the Thesis Manual which is available online at thesis.tamu.edu/thesismanual.php.

After successful defense (or exemption therefrom) and approval by the student's advisory committee and the head of the student's major department, students must submit their thesis to the Thesis Office. Students must submit their thesis in electronic format as a single PDF file. The PDF file must be uploaded to the Thesis Office website, thesis.tamu.edu. Additionally, a signed approval page must be brought or mailed to the Thesis Office. Both the PDF file and the signed approval page are required by the deadline day.

Deadline dates for submitting are announced each semester or summer term in the "Office of Graduate Studies Calendar" (see Time Limit statement). These dates also can be accessed via the website ogs.tamu.edu/OGS/currentCalendars.htm.

Before a student can be "cleared" by the Thesis Office, a processing fee must be paid at the Fiscal Department. After commencement, theses are digitally stored and made available through the Texas A&M Libraries.

A thesis that, because of excessive corrections, is deemed unacceptable by the Thesis Office, will be returned to the student's department head . The manuscript must be resubmitted as a new document, and the entire review process must begin again. All original submittal deadlines must be met during the resubmittal process in order to graduate that semester.