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Graduate Student Petition for Thesis/Dissertation Approval

Are you registered for thesis/dissertation hours this semester?*
Note: you are able to petition for approval of dissertation hours in a semester when you are registered for dissertation hours.
When do you plan to complete this thesis/dissertation?
Please provide evidence that at least 50% of the content of your work in the thesis/dissertation is related to gender, sex, or sexuality. You must meet Outcome #1 and at least one additional learning outcome (#2-4). Please explain how you achieve the following learning outcome(s) through your thesis/dissertation work. Provide specific examples of how your thesis/dissertation provides evidence of your attainment of the learning outcomes.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the social and/or historical construction of gender, sex, or sexuality. Please explain how you achieve this outcome through your thesis/dissertation. Provide specific examples of how your thesis/dissertation provides evidence of your attainment of the learning outcome.
Explain how you met at least one of the following learning outcomes. Be sure to provide specific examples of how your thesis/dissertation demonstrates your attainment of the learning outcome(s).

Please upload an abstract and bibliography for the thesis/dissertation.
Please provide contact information for the faculty member/advisor who can attest that the student's description of the work is accurate and that the student has advisor support for this petiition.