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Completion and Defense: The completed thesis will be read and evaluated by a committee consisting of the advisor and two other faculty readers. At least two of the three evaluators must be members of the History Department. At the end of the final semester, students must give an oral presentation (“defense”) based on their thesis work and take questions from their committee. The thesis draft for the oral defense should be completed and submitted no later than the last day of classes for that semester. The committee will then judge the thesis as either “Satisfactory” or “Not Satisfactory” for purposes of meeting the Department’s standards for Distinction. The final thesis should be submitted no later than the date final grades are due.