Advise students and graduate programs about committee composition, deadlines, defense requirements, electronic thesis and dissertation submissions, and automated processes. Advise and provide technical assistance to students and faculty to facilitate degree certification processes. Maintain current knowledge of improvements in technology development and maintenance processes. Maintain regular delivery of electronic theses and dissertations to the Texas Libraries, the Texas Digital Library, and UMI. May prepare statistical reports on University graduates. Performs related duties as assigned. Process doctoral candidacy applications and petitions for change in doctoral committee. Receive and process doctoral dissertations and paperwork. Process master's graduation applications and associated paperwork for degree certification. Review master's theses, reports and programs of work to ensure that Graduate School Catalog requirements for graduation are satisfied. Process requests for master's transfer coursework, petitions to allow coursework older than six years on a master's program of work, and petitions for change in master's committees. Provides a variety of specialized functions, such as developing and maintaining a computerized degree check system, and serving as a primary resource to other campus offices regarding degree requirements and college policies. Administer training workshops for graduating students. Receives and processes applications for graduation. Consults with faculty regarding acceptable course substitutions for a particular degree. Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and adequacy of degree plans by reviewing the required coursework for a particular degree as well as the proper number of semester hours. Reviews and compares students' completed course credits to approved degree requirements and notifies students of coursework which must be completed for graduation. ?