Submission Checklist

Pre-submission Paperwork

• Have I completed my pre-submission paperwork and graduation requirements? Have I paid my disquisition processing fees?
• Have I reviewed this semester's deadlines for submission? (Also available on our front page.)
• Am I familiar with the Graduate School's Publication Review policies?
• Do I understand that the publication review may require a significant amount of time, first to resolve all formatting issues in my source document and then to remediate my PDF for accessibility issues?
  • Note: Our accessibility guidelines are recommended until Spring 2027; beginning Jan 1, 2027, our accessibility guidelines are required.

Necessary Inclusions

• Have I included all of 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? Have I replaced the default approval page in my disquisition with a different template because I have a co-chaired committee?
• Does my Abstract meet the restrictions for word limits?
• Have I included all of the optional pages (Acknowledgments, Dedication, or Preface) that I want?
• Have I included all the prefatory lists my document requires, such as the List of Tables, List of Figures, List of Schemes, or other material? 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?
• Have I obtained permission to reproduce all the copyrighted material in my document? Have I uploaded those permission documents into my ETD on ProQuest or included them as appendix material?

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 other non-text items, fit inside the 1" page margins?
• Are all my paragraphs formatted correctly and consistently, including the use of line spacing and indentation?
• Have I removed all extraneous carriage returns, line breaks, and page breaks? 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?
• Have I organized my tables, figures, and other non-text items to minimize the amount of whitespace that appears on my pages? 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?
• Did I convert my document to PDF without markup or comments enabled?

Proofreading

• Is the information on my Title page and Disquisition Approval page filled out correctly? Have I maintained the formatting for pre-formatted elements on these pages, including line spacing, capitalization, font size, and alignment?
• Have I used consistent line spacing and paragraph settings?
• 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?
• 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?
• Do the headings in my document have bookmarks, and do they match my headings identically?
• 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 (including their titles and notes)?
• Are my citations accurate, complete, and formatted consistently, according to the style manual of my discipline?

Accessibility

• Have I converted my document into a single .pdf file using the export tool? When I open the PDF, does everything display correctly? Are there any blank pages?
• Have I tested my PDF’s accessibility using the PDF Accessibility Checker, and addressed any authoring issues in my source document?
• Does my PDF meet all formatting requirements and is ready for its final remediation?