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Doctoral Dissertation (and Comp 994)
Overview
The candidate must present a dissertation constituting a substantial
contribution to knowledge developed by the independent research of the
candidate, meeting scholarly standards of organization, presentation,
and literary merit, and prescribed standards of form (see the
Graduate School document A Guide to Theses and Dissertations).
See the
Graduate School's publications page for on-line versions of these
documents. Further important details are presented in the Departmental
document Preparation of Theses and Dissertations.
The dissertation adviser and at least two other members of the student's
committee, designated Readers, will read carefully the entire
dissertation.
Dissertation Proposal
A cooperative meeting (not an exam) of the student with the doctoral
advisory committee will be held to discuss the feasibility of the
student's proposed research. The student is responsible for arranging
the time and place of the meeting. At least one week before meeting,
the student shall submit to the committee a written dissertation
proposal defining the scope of the proposed research and the planned
method of attack on the research problem. The committee will either
approve or reject the plan at this meeting. The meeting can either
precede or follow the Doctoral Oral examination, by a short or a long
interval, at the discretion of the student and committee. The result
of the meeting should be recorded in the student's file.
Progress Reports
The student is expected to call a committee meeting at least every six
months to discuss the progress of the dissertation, and to submit a
one-page summary of progress each semester to the Director of Graduate
Studies.
Academic Credit
The student must register for at least three credit hours of Comp 994:
Doctoral Dissertation Research.
Registration
The student must be registered when the dissertation is defended,
submitted, and accepted by the Graduate School.
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