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A candidate for the Ph.D. degree is expected to complete the dissertation requirement within two years after admission to candidacy. If the student has not completed their dissertation within two years of admission to candidacy, the Graduate School will ask the GSC whether to extend the student’s candidacy. The GSC may recommend that the student's candidacy be extended for one year or that the candidacy be terminated for lack of satisfactory academic progress. Recommendations are forwarded to the Graduate Dean for approval.

Dissertation Format Options

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The day of your Proposal Meeting, submit the Dissertation Proposal Meeting Report via Docusign. Your dissertation supervisor and co-supervisor will use this form to report the results of your Proposal Meeting to the department. Once the form is complete, you will receive a copy - students should save a copy for their records as well. The report will include feedback and next-steps for your dissertation.

Dissertation Enrollment

Once you are admitted to candidacy, the Graduate School requires you continuously register for the dissertation course (EDP 399W, 699W, or 999W) in each long semester (Spring/Fall) until you graduate. Summer registration in dissertation is required if your faculty adviser believes it necessary, if you will hold your proposal meeting in the Summer, or if you will graduate during the summer. 

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