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| Step 1: | With the assistance of your faculty supervisor, identify and contact potential committee members to ask for their general willingness to serve on your committee. Students should provide a 1-2 page abstract of the proposed research and a Program of Work (list of coursework) when contacting potential members. |
| Step 2: | When you have received tentative agreement from your proposed committee members, contact your Track PhD Coordinator with the names of your committee and request that your committee be announced to the ECE GSC, Graduate Studies Committee. This is a required step! |
| Step 3: | Your committee will be voted on and approved by the ECE GSC on a no-protest basis. You must wait two weeks after the announcement is made by your track's faculty PhD Coordinator before you conduct one-on-one, separate Candidacy Evaluation meetings with each committee member, except your supervisor(s), (or before you conduct a Qualifying Examination in front of the whole committee, including your supervisor(s) Note, only if you were admitted to the ECE graduate program prior to fall 2018 and could you choose to hold conduct a Qualifying Examination in front of the whole committee instead ofconducting Candidacy Evaluation meetings.) Please wait for confirmation of committee approval from the Graduate Advising Team before moving onto the Candidacy Evaluation process or the Qualifying Examination (only for students admitted . (Note, only if you were admitted to the ECE graduate program prior to fall 2018 if they choose the could you choose to conduct a Qualifying Examination processinstead.) |
Candidacy Evaluation
Once your committee is formed and approved, you will need to reach out to and setup a time to meet individually with each member of your committee for approximately 30 minutes. Each candidacy evaluation should have the following suggested format:
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