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

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

3. 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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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