Students propose and prepare a thesis under the guidance of a thesis committee comprising a chair and at least one other member appointed by the Graduate Program Director. The chair must be a full member of the Graduate Faculty; other committee members may be adjunct members. Although all members of the committee may come from the major department, appointment of one member from another department is allowed.

An oral examination on the thesis may be required at the discretion of the major department or school, either for the individual or all students in a thesis program.

The process for submitting the approved thesis to the Graduate School has two components: 1) Submitting the approval copy and 2) Submitting the final copy. Specific instructions affiliated with each step are available on the Graduate School's website; deadline dates are available in the Academic Calendar.

Students submit their thesis via the online submission system available on the Graduate School’s website. The submission must conform to UNC Greensboro’s formatting requirements and must be uploaded by the deadline dates as specified in the Academic Calendar. The Graduate School requires all approved theses to be published through UMI Dissertation Publishing/ProQuest Information and Learning. There is no charge for basic publishing; however, optional services requested by the candidate during submission may have associated charges. All students' theses are also published in NC DOCKS.