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Student Handbook: Advancement to Doctoral Candidacy

 

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Initiation of advancement to candidacy procedures is the responsibility of the student. Each student who plans to become a candidate for the doctoral degree is required to do the following:

  1. be admitted to classified standing in the doctoral degree program in which candidacy is sought;

  2. have completed all course work to qualify for the Qualifying Examination with a B or better in each course and a cumulative grade point average above 3.0 in all courses taken;

  3. successfully passed the written and oral Qualifying Examination by Unanimous agreement of the qualifying
    examination committee;

  4. file an application for advancement to candidacy for the doctoral degree at the Office of Graduate Studies.

    1. Must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies by February 1 for eligibility to enroll in dissertation units for the Summer term.

    2. The Office of Graduate Studies will process within four to six weeks.

Eligibility for advancement to doctoral candidacy is based upon the following:

  1. Scholarship in doctoral work taken prior to advancement as follows:

    1. Satisfactory completion of any preparation course work required for admission to classified graduate standing in the doctoral degree program.

    2. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0. No grade of less than “B” can be counted toward the minimum number of units needed to advance to candidacy.

    3. A total of 48 units of 600-level seminar courses must be listed.

  2. Evidence of a plan of graduate study acceptable to the
    institution and the faculty concerned.

  3. Successfully fulfilled the Qualifying Examination requirement.