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The
Student's Committee
It is expected
that students will be making steady progress toward formulation of the
dissertation topic and completion of steps preparatory to the dissertation
through course assignments. As the topic of the dissertation takes shape,
the student's committee should be formed, certainly by the end of the
fourth semester.
Together with the
student's adviser, the student's committee oversees the selection and
completion of coursework, preparation of the preliminary dissertation
proposal, and planning for and completion of the written and oral segments
of the qualifying examination. The committee approves the final dissertation
proposal, oversees completion of the dissertation, approves the dissertation,
and conducts the final oral examination on the dissertation.
In the School
of Social Work, the student's committee must have no fewer than five
members. A preponderance of these must be members of the tenure-track
School of Social Work Faculty. Another is expected to come from a school
or department within the university, but outside the School of Social
Work. Additional members of the committee may be drawn from faculty
of the School of Social Work, from the Practicum site, or from other
sources, but the majority of committee members must be from the School
of Social Work. One School of Social Work Graduate Faculty member will
serve as primary adviser and chair of the committee. Members of the
student's committee who are not members of the university graduate faculty
will receive a special appointment to it for a limited term.
According to the
Graduate School Handbook, "a majority of the members of the doctoral
(oral) committee must be full members of the Graduate Faculty. Other
members will be limited members of the Graduate Faculty or special appointees."
Committee members
should be selected on the basis of substantive and methodological expertise
in the area of the student's dissertation. There must be at least
one member with expertise in the substantive area, the methodology,
and the statistical or data analytic strategies for the dissertation.
External
Committee Member
Students select
an outside committee member representing the supporting program in consultation
with their adviser. The external committee member adviser be a member
of The Graduate Faculty of the University and have a primary appointment
in a department or school in which the student is taking at least one
supporting course. This person will serve on the student's committee,
participating in and evaluating the written and oral exams and helping
to guide the student to prepare the dissertation.
The student
and adviser consult together to identify appropriate committee members.
The student and the adviser then nominates members whom the student
has determined would be willing to serve on the student's committee,
and designate a committee chair. This list will be forwarded to the
Doctoral Chair, who may propose additional members as appropriate. The
final decision about composition will be made by the Doctoral Chair,
the Director of Graduate Studies, and the Dean.
Replacements or
additions of committee members can be made at any time with the approval
of the Doctoral Chair, the Director of Graduate Studies, and the Dean.
Other
Requirements
Minimum Residence
Credit: Four semesters, at least two semesters of which must be earned
in continuous registration on this campus.
The other two required
semesters of residence credit may be obtained by registration on this
campus.
Each student must apply for a graduate degree for a specific graduation
by the deadline shown in the Calendar of Events in the Graduate Catalog.
Students will be
given instruction for applying for the degree at the appropriate time.
For the doctoral
degree, a graduate student has eight calendar years from the date of
first registration in the Graduate School to complete the doctoral degree.
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