If the request is approved, the petition is forwarded to the Graduate School for approval. The Graduate School must approve the petition in order for the CMS 398T requirement to be waived. CMS 398T MUST be taken for a grade, and does count toward the 9 hour minimum course requirement for employees. It is also expected that the Research Internship will help doctoral students produce work of publishable quality before having to compete with graduates of other institutions for job placement. Students must have earned one of their credits before taking their qualifying exams.
Students select a member of the faculty with whom to work.
This faculty member need no be, and perhaps should not be, the permanent academic advisor. During the Fall semester of the internship, students conduct most of the necessary research, and with the help of a faculty member, begin to prepare a report of that research. It is very important that during the Fall, interns meet regularly with their faculty advisors. Students should complete the research and the internship paper before March 15 th . A Departmental Conference is held during the Spring semester, at which time oral reports based on the student's writing and research are presented by internship participants.