Doctoral students have five years from the date of passing the preliminary examination to take the final oral examination and deposit the dissertation. A candidate for the Ph.D. degree who fails to take the final oral examination within five years after passing the preliminary examination is required to take another preliminary examination and be admitted to candidacy a second time. Sometime after the first 32 absent for five or more years will weeks of residency have been earned lose all weeks of earned residence. A minor requires a minimum of 10 credits in only one department. Option B minor requires a minimum of 12 credits in two or more departments.
Every graduate student is required Every graduate student is required to have an adviser.
An adviser is a to have an adviser. An adviser is a faculty member from the major faculty member from the major department responsible for providing department responsible for providing advice regarding graduate studies. An adviser generally serves as the An adviser generally serves as the thesis adviser. In many cases, an dissertation adviser. In many cases, adviser is assigned to incoming an adviser is assigned to incoming students.