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4.1 The dissertation will be defended by the candidate in an oral examination before the Examining Committee.
4.2 Every attempt shall be made to schedule the defence within six weeks from the date of approval of the submitted dissertation by all members of the Supervisory Committee.
4.3 All graduate thesis defences will be conducted on one of the Trent campuses with the Examining Committee and the candidate physically present at the examination. The Dean of Graduate Studies, acting on the recommendation of the director of the graduate program involved, will permit some members of the examining committee and/or the candidate to participate by video or teleconference. When an external examiner is a member of the Examining Committee, in extraordinary situations where neither in person or video conference examinations are possible, the external examiner may be asked to review the thesis and provide a detailed written assessment of the thesis and questions that will be asked during the defence by the examination chair. Requests for this exam status must be submitted by the Program Director to the Dean of Graduate Studies in advance of thesis defence.