FIRST YEAR:
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Required
courses, interdisciplinary colloquium and seminar
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Laboratory rotation(s)
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Select Dissertation Advisor (notify Coordinator via email)
SECOND YEAR:
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Required courses, interdisciplinary colloquium and seminar, possible elective courses (determined by student's Dissertation Committee)
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Establish Dissertation Committee (by end of 3rd semester)
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Meet with Dissertation Committee (by end of year)
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Program of Study approved by Dissertation Committee (must be done prior to
taking Candidacy Exam)
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Candidacy/qualifying examination (grant proposal preparation and defense)
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Advancement to candidacy
(this form [Form #5] can be completed anytime up to the beginning of the
last semester)
Forms to be completed by
end of second year:
1)
Appointment of Doctoral Committee
2)
Program of Study /
Curriculum Contract form (complete and give to Program Coordinator)
3)
Qualifying Exam
THIRD YEAR:
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Choose and have Dissertation Committee approve dissertation topic (by end
of 5th semester)
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Dissertation research
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Possible elective courses
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Interdisciplinary colloquium and seminar
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Meet with Dissertation Committee (at least once per year)
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Give a 20 min presentation on his/her
research at the departmental weekly seminar
Forms to be completed by
end of third year:
4)
Petition for Topic Approval
FOURTH/FIFTH YEAR:
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Dissertation research
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Possible elective courses
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Interdisciplinary colloquium and seminar
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Dissertation Oral Presentation and Defense
NOTE: The actual sequences and timing will vary some among students, especially those who enter the program with graduate transfer credits
Forms to be completed
before graduation:
5)
Application for Admission to Candidacy.
This form is due by the
8th instructional day of the semester in which you will graduate.
NOTES: i) this form will be
valid for one semester only. If you need to change your graduation date, you
will need to submit a new form.
ii) Your Dissertation Committee members do NOT need to sign this form
6)
Application
for Degree
This form is due by the
8th instructional day of the semester in which you will graduate; it must be
completed on-line, as follows:
To access the “On-Line Graduation Application.”
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Log-on to
Banner Self Service
Account
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Click on
“Student Services/Financial Aid/Student Accounts” option
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Click on
“Student Records” option
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Click on
“Online Graduation Application” option
NOTES:
i) if you change
your graduation date, you will need to submit a new form, and repay the
application fee.
ii) students still need to provide the Graduate School with paper
copies of “Application for Candidacy for a Degree Program”. These forms will
continue to be available from the “Graduate School Forms” page of the Graduate
School Website.
7) Successful completion of Dissertation
Defense (submit signed
Dissertation Defense Report for Doctoral Candidates and Dissertation to the
Graduate School)
8)
Change of grade
For some individualized instruction courses,
such as BIOL8999, an “IP” grade is received up until the
semester in which a student graduates. At the end of the
semester in which a student graduates, those grades need to
be changed.
On the
special request form, enter the course for which an
"IP" grade has been received. One form should be
used for each course - if enrolled in a given course in more
than one semester, add each semester/section number to the
form. Once completed, the form should be given to the
Graduate School office.
Other relevant forms:
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Click here
for
complete form list
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Transfer of
credits (this form is to be used if six or fewer hours are
requested for transfer credit; if more than six hours is requested, instead
of using this form write a formal letter identifying which hours
of credit and from which university is requested be transferred, and
whether the advisor and Dissertation Committee has approved the request.
Send this letter along with a copy of your transcripts (front and back) to
Dr. Schrum. See
Dr. Schrum if a request for replacement of a required course is desired).
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Research
with human subjects
DEADLINES
Deadline to submit Application
for Degree and Application for Candidacy for:
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May 2009: January 22, 2009
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Summer I 2009:
May 27, 2009
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Summer II 2009: July
7, 2009
Deadline for submission of Doctoral
dissertation to the Graduate School for:
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May 2009: March 20, 2009
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Summer I 2009:
June 29, 2009
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Summer II 2009: August
7, 2009
Dissertation Defense
Choosing a Dissertation defense date
should be made in consultation with the Dissertation Committee.
The final version of the Dissertation should be
given to each Committee member and the PhD Coordinator at least four weeks prior
to the public defense. If all Committee members and the program coordinator
agree to accept a copy with less time, the final version may be submitted up to
at least two weeks prior to the public defense.
Time
Management of Dissertation Defenses:
Dissertation defenses should be scheduled with appropriate
consideration of the amount of time needed for the candidate
to make his/her presentation and provide ample opportunity
for all participants in the defense to ask relevant
questions. Ensure a block of time for the defense when all
committee members can devote 2-3 hours of time without
interruption. The dissertation defense is considered the
final examination on the way to receiving a doctoral degree.
It is important that the defense provide all involved an
ample opportunity to judge the candidate’s knowledge on the
topic of the dissertation.
