Once you have been notified of your ELP candidacy approval by the Graduate Coordinator (GC), you will then need to submit the online application to the Graduate School to apply to Advance to Candidacy. This is the last step towards your approval for Candidacy and, upon approval, allows you to register for dissertation hours. 

Please note: Students must have registered and paid tuition during the term in which the candidacy application is submitted. (IE: If you submit in the summer, you must be registered during the summer semester(s)).

Once the Dean of Graduate Studies approves your application and you have been admitted to candidacy, you are required to continuously register for the dissertation course (_99W) or treatise course beginning the next long term. You may also change your placeholder course to dissertation hours, should you and your committee chair agree that is in your best interest. Please contact the Graduate Coordinator for assistance to switch your hours.