oral defense
Dissertation examination talk
An oral defense is a formal examination in which a student verbally defends their thesis or dissertation before a committee of faculty members.
The student presents their research and responds to questions, challenges, and criticism from the committee.
Common in graduate programs, especially for doctoral degrees: She passed her oral defense and will graduate in May.
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- doctoral candidatePerson pursuing doctorate
- thesis committeeFaculty reviewing graduate research
- vivaAcclaim meaning "live"
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- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- Thesesdissertation, doctoral thesis, honors thesis, master's thesis, masters thesis
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- Academic Researchresearch paper, research question, hypothesis, methodology, literature review
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
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Assessment answered in text
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