V. Dissertation Students who have passed all examinations and who have received approval of the dissertation prospectus are allowed to write the dissertation. The committee is to administer a final oral defense of the dissertation. Certification of successful defense is then submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of the University. Students are required to register for a minimum of 9 hours of dissertation credit. Since it is important for students to begin to work with faculty members in their area of specialization as early in their academic career as possible, students are encouraged to choose an advisor as early as their second semester of study and are required to do so by the beginning of the third semester.
Students are free to change advisors at any time.
The Director of Graduate Studies will continue to monitor students' progress throughout their program of study. Each year, the faculty will meet to discuss and evaluate the progress of every student in the program. The results of this procedure will be communicated to the students. I LING 680 Psycholinguistics Students not on TA funding will normally take an additional elective course form among courses offered during the semester. 696 Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics may be offered in terms other than those indicated above.