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PROCEDURE
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RESPONSIBLE PARTY
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ACTION DATE
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Submission of Declaration of Intent form1
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Department Chair/Head
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Before any requirements can be satisfied
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Formation of program advisory committee and submission of Doctoral Program Advisory Committee form1
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Major Adviser/ Department Chair/Head
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Immediately following admission to degree program for those programs that use an advisory committee
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Changes in program advisory committee by memorandum
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Major Adviser/Member Leaving Committee
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As soon as change occurs |
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Foreign Language Requirement (if required)
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Advisory Committee
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Determined by committee |
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Satisfaction of residence: Ph.D., enrollment in two consecutive semesters as a full-time student; Ed.D., enrollment as indicated on an approved Residence Plan form1
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Student/Adviser
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Before graduation |
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Admission to candidacy
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Advisory Committee
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Before beginning work on the dissertation
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Enrollment in at least one hour of dissertation following passing of candidacy exams
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Student
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Each semester (including summer) until graduation
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Selection of dissertation title & formation of dissertation committee and submission of Doctoral Dissertation Title and Dissertation Committee form1
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Dissertation Director
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At least three months prior to the date of the defense
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Registration for at least 18 hours of
dissertation
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Student
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Before graduation
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Graduation Application Card1
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Student
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By end of semester in which the degree is to be awarded. Deadlines indicated in “Instructions to Graduates”
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Inclusion of name for commencement exercises, regalia, and announcement orders
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Student
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When course requirements have been met
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Removal of incompletes (Change of Grade form)
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Student/Instructor
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Change of grade form must be submitted twelve weeks in the next major semester of enrollment
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To avoid an incomplete becoming “F”
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Student/Instructor
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Before first draft of dissertation is typed
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Obtain Guide for Preparing Theses and Dissertations from Union Bookstore or from the Web
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Student
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At least two weeks prior to defense
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Submission of Announcement of Defense by memorandum
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Dissertation Director
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At least one week before graduation2
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Defense of dissertation (Certified by submission of Record of Progress with original
signatures1)
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Dissertation Committee
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At least one week before graduation2
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Submission of preliminary copies to each dissertation committee member
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Student
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At least three weeks before graduation |
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Preliminary editorial check of dissertation
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Student
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Before final copies of dissertation are made |
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Final copies of dissertation to GraduateSchooland to Mullins Library
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Student submits to GraduateSchool; Graduate
School submits to Library.
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At least one week before graduation2 |
