Chair of advisory committee sends letter of approval to program director. Associate dean approves bypass with concurrence of program director. Student forms Ph.D. advisory committee. This usually will consist of the M.S. advisory committee plus a minimum of one additional member. There is no fee for this application.
Student solicits three new recommendation letters.
Usually these recommendations will be from the prospective Ph.D. advisor and two members of the M.S. advisory committee. Application dossier of student is circulated, and admission decisions are made in the usual manner. The qualifying exams will consist of a written exam of at least three hours duration on each topic and an oral exam on all topics to be administered after the written exams are graded. Written exams will be given on separate days over a period of five school days. Oral exams usually will be scheduled within ten days of the last written exam.