Evaluation of the Doctoral Final Examination

The outside chair of the doctoral final oral examination serves as the Graduate School representative (GSR) to this examining committee. In the capacity of GSR, you are requested to use this form to offer your confidential evaluation of the dissertation presented, the overall ability of the candidate, and the oral examination itself.

Please review the current statement on the rights and responsibilities of the GSR, together with the Graduate School procedures governing the final oral examination, both abstracted from the Graduate Handbook. If there are any conditions that you think should cause the examination to be cancelled or postponed, or if any unusual problems occur during the examination, contact the Dean of the Graduate School as soon as possible.