Submission Checklist
Before you submit your disquisition, make sure that you have submitted all of the required paperwork and that your document meets all the requirements for submission. For more information, see the steps on the Preparing for Graduation page and the checklist below.
If you’ve completed your pre-submission requirements, reviewed your PDF, and completed the submission checklist, head to the Submission Portal at the bottom of this page to submit your disquisition and begin your format review.
As a land-grant institution, North Dakota State University’s tradition and mission includes sharing research with others. Once your disquisition is approved, it will be published, automatically establishing your copyright over your work. A published disquisition can be cited by other researchers, and having your work available to others can promote contact with other researchers within and across disciplines.
All disquisitions are available on the NDSU Institutional Repository after they have been published. Theses and dissertations published through ProQuest are also available on Google Scholar, Web of Science, ProQuest itself, and NDLTD.
Pre-submission Paperwork
- Have I submitted all of the pre-submission paperwork?
- Have I paid the disquisition processing fees?
- Am I aware of the deadlines for submission? (Also available on our front page.)
Necessary Inclusions
- Have I included all of the required sections in my disquisition?
- Have I included the Copy 2 version of the Disquisition Approval page? Is all of the required information typed into the form?
- Does my Abstract meet the requirements for word limits?
- Have I included all of the optional pages (Acknowledgments, Dedication, or Preface) that I want?
- Have I included all the necessary prefatory lists, such as the List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Schemes, or other material (if I use them)? Are all the entries and page numbers correct?
- Do I need one or more appendices for additional material?
- If I included appendix material, have I included all necessary lists of appendix material?
- Are the sections in the correct order?
General Appearance
- Are all my pages sized as American Letter (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides? Does all of my content, including tables, figures, and non-text items, fit inside of those 1" margins?
- Are all my paragraphs formatted correctly and consistently, including the use of line spacing and indentation?
- Are there any blank lines creating extra line spacing between content that I can remove, such as before and after headings or non-text items?
- Are all of my images cropped to minimize extraneous whitespace?
- Does the content on every page begin flush with the top 1" page margin?
- Are all my pages numbered correctly?
- Is my document printed without markup or comments enabled?
Proofreading
- Are all my headings correct and consistent throughout the disquisition? Are all of my headings double-spaced, such that there is a consistent amount line spacing before and after them?
- Are all my tables, figures, schemes, etc. correct and consistent, following the style manual of my discipline? Do the titles and notes for these non-text items appear on the same page as the items? Is there a consistent amount of line spacing before and after all of my non-text items?
- Are my citations accurate, complete, and formatted consistently, according to the style manual of my discipline?
- Is the information on my Title page and Disquisition Approval pages filled out correctly?
- Do all the headings in the Table of Contents match the headings in my chapters, including phrasing and capitalization? Does every heading have the correct page number?
Preparing to Submit
- Have I converted my document into a single .pdf file? When I open the .pdf file, does everything display correctly?
- Does my document meet all federal accessibility requirements? Have I tested my PDF’s accessibility compliance using the PDF Accessibility Checker or a PDF editor?
- Have I completed all other requirements for graduation?
Need to resubmit after a review?
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Disquisition Site Map |
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Preparing to Graduate |
Graduate School Policies • Guidelines & Templates • Pre-submission Requirements • Submit Your Disquisition | |
Formatting Wiki |
General Requirements | Accessibility • Font • Headings • Page Numbers |
| Prefatory Material | Title Page • Approval Page • Table of Contents • List of Tables, Figures, Etc. • List of Abbreviations/Symbols • List of Appendix Tables, Figures, Etc. | |
| Disquisition Body | Paragraph Text • Equations • Tables, Figures, Etc. • References / Citations • Landscape Pages | |
| Appendices | Appendices • Tables, Figures, Etc. | |