Responsibilities of the Faculty Thesis Advisor

The faculty advisor, as the educational advisor to the student, is responsible for the following tasks; he or she:

  • Reviews and approves the Proposed Thesis Assignment (PTA) and returns it to the thesis coordinator (In order to be approved, the PTA may need to be revised as determined by the faculty advisor).
  • As initial contact on-campus with the student.
  • Reviews and approves the student's Plan of Attack.
  • Attends a meeting with the student and employer advisor usually held at the employer's site. Fill out a Travel Request form if necessary. On this website under Faculty Advisor then Thesis Forms list the requirements for submitting a Travel Request form.
  • Submits a Thesis Project Meeting Report after the meeting along with a Thesis Travel Expense Report if expenses occurred.
  • Checks, evaluates, and records the student's progress from data obtained from the student's and the employer advisor's reports, as well as from the student's first chapter that is to be submitted to the faculty advisor by the due date in the applicable Thesis Project Calendar (As a means for evaluating the student's progress, rough drafts of thesis chapters may also be required prior to a full preliminary draft being submitted to the employer advisor).
  • Reviews the Preliminary Thesis and recommends any necessary changes in writing or format.
  • Returns the critiqued Preliminary Thesis to the thesis coordinator in time for a format review and subsequent return to the student by the date indicated on the applicable Thesis Project Calendar.
  • Submits the Preliminary Thesis Evaluation Form to the thesis coordinator in his or her department which accompanies the preliminary thesis document.
  • Reviews and evaluates the Final Thesis after its submission to the thesis coordinator.
  • Upon approval of the Final Thesis, sign title pages of each thesis copy and one copy of the abstract form and sign a grade sheet. Forwards these documents and final copies to the Thesis Coordinator, who then submits the grade sheet to the Registrar and the thesis copies & paperwork to Thesis Services.