Before the Thesis Office can begin the review of your manuscript, each of the committee members and the department head must approve your written thesis, dissertation or record of study. The committee indicates approval by signing the approval form. If a member is unavailable to sign, please contact the thesis office to obtain an absentee committee member form.

If a signature is needed from a committee member in Qatar (NOTE: This applies only to members at TAMU Qatar), the Thesis Office will accept a faxed signature from this absent committee member. Since this signature will be the ONLY signature that may be faxed, this member's signature needs to be the first signature obtained on the form. After the absent committee member faxes back the approval form, the remainder of the committee will place their original signatures on the faxed approval form.

The approval form is to be filled out, printed, signed by the appropriate faculty, and submitted to the Thesis Office.

• Thesis (M.S., M.A.) Form
• Dissertation (Ph.D) / Record of Study (Ed. D.) Form
• Doctor of Engineering, Record of Study (D. Eng.) Form

Approval Page in PDF File

(Do not confuse this page in the PDF with the signed approval form.)

The approval page is the second page and includes a listing of the chair, committee members, and the head of the department. This page contains no signatures. For the appearance of the second page of the document in the manuscript see "Example of Second Page of Manuscript".

View the Thesis Manual (July 2007 Version) for more information regarding the approval page.