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requirement because of documented and/or compelling reasons. It is at the oral defense

that a determination is made on whether the student passes or fails the Thesis course

(ORGC 540).

NOTE: The thesis committee is made up of the advisor and two members selected by

the student. All members of the committee must be Bowie State University faculty and at

least the advisor and one of the members must be Organizational communication faculty.

Responsibilities of the Graduate Student

The student is responsible for topic selection (Topic suggestions can be found on pages

in conjunction with the advisor and with the support of the Applied Research instructor.

Early in the Applied Research course the student shall meet with the advisor for the

approval of the thesis topic. The topic must be an organizational communication topic in

the narrow terms that it involves a clear flow of information (the exchange of

information, ideas, attitudes and the transmission of meaning) within and/or from an

organization (NOTE: characteristics of an organization includes formality, hierarchy, many

people, beyond human life).

The student is responsible for preparing the final copy of the thesis including the costs

of binding and copies. Four copies shall be submitted by the student to the thesis

defense chairperson after the completion of the thesis has been approved and the

document signed. Note that the thesis advisor, before the oral defense/examination,

appoints the thesis chairperson. In certain cases, the thesis advisor will decide to double

as the thesis chairperson. The thesis defense chairperson then distributes copies to the

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