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 |
Permanent Chair/Committee approved by appropriate concentration leader (Must be sent to Coordinator of Ph.D. program. From there it will be sent to the Graduate School.)
|
No later than 3rd semester of enrollment |
| Annual review by faculty |
Second half of spring semester |
| Submission on preliminary program of study |
No later than 3rd semester of enrollment |
| 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. Coordinator
who forwards it to the Graduate School) |
At least 2 semesters prior to graduation |
| Doctoral dissertation proposal (to concentration leader and
Coordinator’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. Coordinator) |
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. Coordinator) |
Not later than one week prior to defense |
| *Final official copy of dissertation (copies to Graduate School, one copy to Ph.D. Coordinator, and copies to Chair and Committee members) |
When copies are finalized |
*Check the Graduate School calendar for more specific deadline dates.
