The Chair of the Examining Committee must write a letter of certification to the Office of Academic Affairs when the student has resolved the conditional pass. The Chair of the Examining Committee must serve as a member of the Supervisory Committee, at least until the conditional pass has been resolved. Requests for an extension of the one year deadline, with justification by the Supervisory Committee, must be submitted to the ASC for its approval. In all cases, conditions must be met before the student requests the defense of the Ph.D. dissertation. Student is to be re-examined at some future date before the Examining Committee will render a decision .
Student fails .
Failure of the examination means the Examining Committee has decided that the student does not have the potential to complete the Ph.D. program, and the ASC will recommend to the Dean that the student be dropped from the Ph.D. program. Students are recommended to candidacy by the ASC and admitted to candidacy by the Dean only after review and approval of the examination results. Within three months of the pass or conditional pass of the candidacy examination, the student, with the assistance of the Advisor, proposes a Supervisory Committee and submits the form to the ASC for its approval. Upon approval by the ASC and the Dean, the Supervisory Committee is notified of its appointment and informed of any conditions placed on the student by the Examining Committee. If the student receives a conditional pass, the Chair of the Examining Committee must serve as a member of the Supervisory Committee, at least until the conditional pass has been resolved.