Thesis
Revised 2/19
The Graduate School
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Certificate of Approval Form for Theses and Dissertations
This form serves as the official record of thesis/dissertation submission to The Graduate School and
certifies that revisions required by the graduate committee have been completed.
The information provided below shoul
d INCLUDE THE SAME INFORMATION approved on the title page
of your thesis/dissertation. TYPE this information for legibility.
Student ID
Semester & Year
of Graduation
Document
Type
☐ ☐
Dissertation
☐
Degree program
College
upper/lower
concerning subject of
DOIs for supplemental
data (optional)
Stu
dent Agreement:
1. I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of
each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project, allowing distribution as specified below.
2. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as the final copy approved by my advisory committee.
3. I hereby grant to MSU and its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible my thesis, dissertation, or project
in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis,
dissertation, or project. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of the thesis, dissertation,
or project.
Student and Committee Agreement (select one of the following):
☐ 1. Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
☐ 2. Secure the entire work for patent and/or proprietary purposes for a period of one year. At the end of the one year secure
period, the work will be handled under option 1 above.
Review and Acceptance:
The aforementioned document has been reviewed and approved to meet the thesis, dissertation, or project requirement by the
student’s supervisory committee. The undersigned agree to abide by the statements above and confirm that this Approval Form
serves as the official Certificate of Approval for the thesis, dissertation or project including any abstract enclosed within.
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