Ph.D Degree Checklist

[see Graduate Student Guide and graduate school website for full details]
― Organize advisory committee (minimum five members, all of whom must be on graduate
faculty; one from outside SECS and one from outside specialty)
― Complete Basic Safety Training (must be completed every year; mycampus portal), Information
Security Awareness Training (Blackboard), and Sexual Assault Prevention Training (mycampus
portal)
― Complete Responsible Research Conduct Training (e.g., INT601)
― Complete approved thesis proposal (end of second semester)
― Complete Program of Study (before third semester), acquire committee member signatures,
send to grad coordinator
― Hold advisory committee meetings at least annually
― Credits (all B or better) – minimum 24 (42 if no M.S.); must register for at least 1 credit in
summer, 6 otherwise until advancement to candidacy
― min. 15 (33 if no M.S.) credits in coursework
― min. 9 (15 if no M.S.) credits at 500-level or above
― min. 9 thesis credits
― min. 1 credit GeoLunch Seminar (ERS503); GeoLunch presentation every year
― Schedule written and oral comprehensive examination (typically by end of fourth semester)
― Deliver Notification of Results of the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination to grad school (<1 week after exam) ― Apply to graduate ― Complete Tentative Thesis Acceptance form (committee/student may request committee meeting before signing) ― Complete Notice of Oral Defense (to grad school >2 wks in advance)
― Provide copy of defense thesis to committee and the School office (>1 week in advance of oral
defense; committee may set an earlier deadline)
― Deliver thesis and tentative thesis acceptance form at least 24 hours in advance of defense and
by that semester’s deadline to graduate school
― Complete the Oral Examination and Final Project/Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance Form at oral
defense, acquire committee member signatures, send to grad coordinator
― Complete a revised Program of Study if needed, and send to grad coordinator
― Turn in final thesis following graduate school guidelines
― Prepare Completion of Requirements form, send to grad coordinator
― Complete Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
― Complete ProQuest Dissertation Publishing form
― Upload thesis to Digital Commons