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For any student who has a faculty supervisor, this approval will be granted through completion of the PhD or MS registration form. (Choose the registration form that matches the ultimate degree goal for which you were admitted.) Once the form is signed and the status shows Completed, the student's advising hold will be cleared, and they will be added to any individual instruction course(s) listed on their registration form if they have cleared all the other holds on their RIS, Registration Information Sheet.
A student admitted to doctoral candidacy by the Graduate School Dean can add Dissertation on their own after their advising hold has been cleared, if they have cleared all the other holds on their RIS, Registration Information Sheet.
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