Dissertation

All Ph.D. programs require the completion of a dissertation which meets required standards of scholarship and demonstrates the candidate's ability to conduct original research.

Research involving human subjects or live vertebrate animals requires permission from the relevant University committee. Consult your research director and the Human Subjects Office for details. Their telephone number is (520) 626-6721. You must have Human Subjects approval in your own name; your project is not covered under your director's approval.

Research activities involving the use of human subjects require the review and approval of the University Human Subjects Committee. A copy of the Human Subjects approval letter along with the Human Subjects Research Statement must be in the student's file in the Graduate College Degree Certification Office.

Research involving any live vertebrate animals must be approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) - The Animal Research Protocol Review form must be completed by the student/instructor and submitted to the protocol office for review and approval. Contact University Animal Care for instructions, forms and protocol. Their telephone number is (520) 621-3454

Instructions relating to the format of the dissertation and required abstracts are included in the Manual for Theses and Dissertations (including those that include previously published papers, papers accepted for publication, and/or papers with multiple authors). See the appropriate link at:

Manual for Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations

Manual for Paper Submission of Theses and Dissertations.