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PhD Graduation Requirements

Ph.D. Last Semester

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  • Pick up Doctoral Degree Final Semester Procedures, Application to Graduate, and Notification of Final Exam forms from the Graduate School web site and download the EEOB PhD Graduation Requirements Form from the EEOB web site
  • Schedule and present Departmental Seminar
  • Register for 3 credit hours
  • No later than 3nd Friday of the semester submit Application to Graduate to the Graduate School
  • At least two weeks prior to defense and four weeks before commencement, circulate final thesis draft to Dissertation Committee members who sign Doctoral Draft Approval Form, which must be submitted to the Graduate School no later than two weeks prior to the oral exam.
  • Submit final signed dissertation to the Graduate School in accordance with the published deadline.