Once admitted, it is important for students to follow procedures/regulations outlined below:
| Procedures/Regulations | When To Be Done |
| Temporary advisor appointed by appropriate concentration leader | No Later than 2nd semester of Enrollment |
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Permanent Chair/Committee approved by appropriate concentration leader (Must be sent to Director of Ph.D. program. From there it will be sent to the Graduate School.) |
No later than 3rd semester of enrollment |
| Annual portfolio review by faculty | Second half of spring semester |
| Submission of program of study | By the time 15 semester hours are earned |
| Brief description of ongoing research | No later than 3rd semester of enrollment and periodically thereafter when requested by Committee |
| Residence semesters (Fall, Spring, & Summer) | Any time during program |
| Written comprehensive exam | Toward end of completion of coursework: must be reported on Admission to Candidacy Form |
| Admission to Candidacy Form (to Ph.D. Director who forwards it to the Graduate School) | At least 2 semesters prior to graduation |
| Doctoral dissertation proposal (to concentration leader and Director’s Office) | Immediately following formal approval by Chair and Committee Members |
| Fifteen hours of dissertation coursework (minimum) | To begin at time proposal is accepted by Committee or admission to candidacy and continuously thereafter until dissertation is completed |
| Final or near final draft of dissertation to Chair and Committee members | Two weeks prior to defense |
| Abstract of dissertation (to Ph.D. Director) | Two weeks prior to defense |
| Scheduling of defense | No sooner than 2 weeks after submission of dissertation to Committee |
| Announcement of defense (to Graduate School with copy to Ph.D. Director) | Not later than one week prior to defense |
| *Final official copy of dissertation (copies to Graduate School, one copy to Ph.D. Director, and copies to Chair and Committee members) | When copies are finalized |
*Check the Graduate School calendar for more specific deadline dates.
See next page for additional information about regulations and deadlines not covered in teh procedures outlined above.