Need. When you graduate, it will be like a full-time university. You need to complete the credits and write a paper for the thesis defense. You can't graduate without this link.

Undergraduate students must prepare their graduation thesis in advance and register for thesis defense in the last year. The thesis defense shall be based on the time, address and content of the thesis.

Correspondence undergraduate thesis defense is roughly three times, mainly divided into opening defense, mid-term defense and final defense. After making these preparations, you should attend the defense on time. Only when the comprehensive scores of three defense scores are qualified can the thesis be considered qualified and the diploma can be considered.