with your Sanity in tact Earning a Ph.D. with your Sanity in tact

Stages in the Program Doctoral Student Qualifying Exams Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Defense Ph.D.

Steps While a Doctoral Student Form Academic Supervisory Committee By the end of your second semester See Idella to file online At least 4 members, Chair and one other member from department One member from outside the discipline Committee may be changed

Academic Supervisory Committee Inform student of regulations Review and approve program of study Evaluate student annually Conduct Qualifying Examination

Program Plan Written by Student and Advisor In consultation with Sup. Comm members Meeting Dept and Grad School Requirements Grad Coordinator will review

Requirements 90 credit hours beyond BA 15 credits within dept 15 credits outside of dept 3 to 5 credits supervised teaching 1 credit Proseminar 15 credits of “TOOL” courses 12 credits Dissertation Research

More specifically, COURSES WITHIN DEPT: exclude dissertation credits no more than 9 hours of independent study no more than 5 hours of supervised research ** May petition grad committee if an insufficient # of appropriate within dept courses are available.

More Specifically, TOOLS include: MINIMALLY: 6 credits of statistics 5 credits of research design/grantwriting 3 credits of supervised research

Research Rotations Required for Ph.D. students after Fall 2006 Minimum of two rotations Semester long, for course credit Upon advisement of Mentor & Supervisory Committee Completed prior to Qualifying Exams With Faculty Who Have Graduate Faculty status Are willing to supervise At least one rotation must be completed with a member (other than their mentor) of the student’s supervisory committee.

Qualifying Examination May be as early as 3rd semester post-BA You must be registered in semester of Qauls can use SPA 7979 Advanced Research Both Written and Oral All members present for the Oral May retake Quals at least 1 semester later

May I Introduce the Candidate… Form Dissertation Supervisory Committee Enroll in SPA 7980 Hold Prospectus Meeting Conduct Research Write Dissertation

A light at the end of the tunnel? Give dissertation to editorial office by deadline (typically just prior to mid-point of the semester) Pass Dissertation Defense Signatures: Dissertation Final Examination Report form Final Electronic Submission

In order to Graduate: At least 2 semesters from Quals to graduation No more than 5 years after Quals Register for > 3 credit hours in last semester Apply for degree with the Registrar’s office